Hayden Davis hit with asset freeze as LIBRA investigation deepens in Argentina

An Argentinian decide has ordered the freezing of property and monetary belongings of Hayden Davis and two different cryptocurrency “intermediaries” linked to the LIBRA token.

In keeping with La Nacion, the order was issued following a report ready by the Secretariat for Monetary Investigation and Restoration of Illicit Property (SIFRAI) and the Common Directorate for Asset Restoration and Confiscation of Property.

The prosecutor pushed for the order after the report revealed that these belongings may very well be a part of the proceeds of the estimated $100 million obtained from LIBRA traders.

Decide Marcelo Martínez de Giorgi dominated that there was a danger to those belongings could also be thrown away earlier than the case is concluded and the freezing order is issued.

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The order will probably be in impact for an “indefinite interval” whereas the authorized course of is ongoing, and can apply to all Argentine crypto asset platforms.

Intermediaries related to Hayden Davis helped convert crypto into fiat

The 2 crypto ‘middlemen’ concerned are Favio Camilo Rodríguez Blanco and Orlando Rodolfo Mellino. The pair reportedly personal wallets used to transform crypto from the LIBRA program into fiat forex and canopy up the path of funds.

The report hyperlinks Mellino on a variety of events to appearing as an middleman between Davis and different people. These included the day Davis met with Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, earlier than sending $500,000 to crypto alternate Bitget minutes later.

Blanco, then again, seems to be an middleman for transactions that came about alongside withdrawals from financial institution deposits. These recordings have been carried out by Mauricio Novelli’s mom and sister and came about hours after the value of LIBRA crashed.

Blockworks analyst Fernando Molina claims that within the report, Bitget has lastly revealed vital crypto transactions that join Davis to Novelli and Manuel Terrones Godoy, two people linked to the launch of LIBRA.

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Sources within the report additionally claimed that within the months main as much as LIBRA’s launch, Novelli and Milei mentioned monetizing the president’s picture to tens of millions of individuals.

They have been allegedly utilizing Milei as a “extremely private asset” in a scheme that might supposedly forestall violations of ethics legal guidelines.

Web page 12 additionally experiences that the LIBRA investigative committee will current a last report on November 18 displaying that Milei shared a modus operandi with Novelli and Godoy within the launch of Libra, which may very well be sufficient to provoke impeachment proceedings in opposition to the president.