A forensic investigation into the electronic devices of Mauricio Novelli, trader and local link of the failed Libra project and the government of Argentina, has brought to light a document that compromises the president of that country, Javier Milei.
The file details a alleged economic agreement for a total of 5 million dollars intended for the president and his entourage, in exchange for the promotion and legitimization of the Libra token, today designated as a global scam.
The events were triggered after an expert report carried out by the General Directorate of Investigations and Technological Support for Criminal Investigations (DATIP). As part of the legal case for this event, experts extracted from Novelli’s cell phone a text file created on February 11, 2025, just three days before Milei published and then deleted the tweet that started the controversy.
This discovery adds to a series of previous meetings at the Casa Rosada between the president, his sister Karina Milei and Hayden Davis, CEO of Kelsier Ventures. In these meetings, the appointment of Davis as an ad honorem advisor on blockchain matters for the Argentine government would have taken place. serving as a front for the financial operation.
The document recovered by local media El Destape describes a payment structure divided into three stages. First, $1.5 million (in liquid tokens or cash) was agreed upon as an advance. The second phase consisted of another 1.5 million conditional on Milei announcing on Twitter (now X) that her advisor was Hayden Davis. Finally, the agreement contemplated an additional 2 million dollars after the signing of an in-person consulting contract with Javier and Karina Milei.
The relevance of this document lies in the fact that It directly contradicts the official defense. Milei has previously stated that he had no connection with the project and that his tweet was a simple dissemination of a private initiative that he considered beneficial, as reported by NoticiasVE.
However, the synchronization of the publications and the call log between Novelli and the president before and after the launch suggest a planned paid promotion scheme, according to that web portal.
The figure of 5 million dollars also coincides with the public statements of businessman Diógenes Casares, who months ago reported having received information about a high-ranking bribe paid to a government official.
The epicenter of these negotiations would have been the Casa Rosada itself and even the official residence, Quinta Olivos, although the implications of the Libra scam reach a transnational scale. Although the president deleted the original tweet and has stated his innocence, the documentary evidence extracted by DATIP could weaken his position.
Currently, the Public Prosecutor’s Office analyzes these new annexes that expose a containment scheme designed to separate the president from the scandal. Justice now seeks to determine the final destination of the money transfers detected from accounts related to Kelsier Ventures, in what is already emerging as one of the largest corruption and cryptoasset scandals in the recent history of Argentina.