Overview
- Carlos Frugoni, a senior Economy Ministry official who oversees infrastructure and transport, acknowledged buying seven Miami-area apartments that he failed to list in his sworn asset filings and said he will correct the record with Argentina’s anti-corruption office and tax agency ARCA.
- Public records in Florida and U.S. company registries link him to multiple units held through Delaware LLCs named Genova and Waki/Wiki, alongside one condo recorded directly in his name in Delray Beach via a 2021 warranty deed.
- The Delray Beach unit received a homestead tax break in 2021 that Florida grants only for a primary residence, a detail that raises questions because Frugoni lives and works as a public official in Argentina.
- After the reports, at least two criminal complaints were filed in Buenos Aires federal courts at Comodoro Py, with cases assigned to judges Ariel Lijo and Daniel Rafecas and potential consolidation under existing probes.
- Argentine law requires officials to declare all assets at home and abroad, and failing to do so can trigger the crime of malicious omission, which carries up to two years in prison and permanent disqualification, a risk underscored by recent probes of other officials.