The financial situation of the Chief of Staff, Manuel Adorniis under judicial investigation in a case for alleged illicit enrichment that was progressively expanded based on political complaints and journalistic revelations about real estate operations considered inconsistent with his declared income. The file is processed in the federal Justice under the orbit of the judge Ariel Lijo and the prosecutor Gerardo Pollicitawho ordered measures such as the lifting of the banking and tax secrecy of the official and his family environment to reconstruct the evolution of his assets.
Regarding this case, the leader of the Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrio, He spread a comical video on his social networks. In the recording, Lilita is seen pretending to cry, and when asked about the reason, the former legislator responds: “For love. Poor thing, he bought so many houses.” Immediately, the mockery of the libertarian official went viral on social networks.
To all this, the starting point of the investigation into the assets dates back to 2024 and the beginning of 2025, when Adorni declared a significant asset growth compared to his situation prior to joining the government of Javier Milei, with an increase of 76% in their declared assets. From there, opposition legislators – including the representative Marcela Pagano— filed judicial complaints that gave rise to the case for illicit enrichment, questioning the lack of correspondence between income and assets.
In chronological terms, the investigation focuses on a series of real estate operations carried out between last year and 2025. Before assuming functions in the libertarian government, Adorni owned an apartment in Parque Chacabuco. However, after his arrival to power, new acquisitions began to be detected, including a larger home in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito and a property in a country house in Exaltación de la Cruz, which marked a relevant asset leap.
The most documented operation is the purchase of an apartment in Caballito, formalized on November 18, 2025 for a value of $230,000. Justice detected that the acquisition was carried out with an unusual financing scheme: close to 90% of the amount would have been covered by a loan granted by two retired women, who also acted as sellers of the property. This structure, added to the fact that the declared deed value would be lower than the market value – with estimates that double the registered amount – raised alarm bells about a possible under-declaration or irregular maneuver.
The file also analyzes the payment conditions for that property. According to the intervening notary, Adriana Nechevenkothe official would have initially paid about $30,000 and financed the rest in installments, which reinforced doubts about the real economic capacity to undertake the operation. The same notary came under judicial scrutiny due to her repeated work during the period in which the transactions were carried out.
In parallel, Justice investigates a second property: a house in a country in Exaltación de la Cruz, linked to the official’s wife, Bettina Julieta Angeletti. The operation would also have had external financing for about $100,000 provided by third parties on the same day of the purchase, which is part of the hypothesis of possible crossed or simulated loans. Added to this is the suspicion that this property would not have been initially declared in the asset presentations.
The progress of the case led to broader measures on the real estate circuit involved. In April 2026, Justice ordered raids on at least three real estate companies that participated in the intermediation of the purchase of the Caballito apartment, with the objective of determining the flow of funds and the traceability of the operations. Lenders, relatives of the sellers and other actors linked to the transactions were also summoned to testify.
Judicial suspicions are part of a broader context of public questions. Recent journalistic reports indicate that the official’s real estate purchases and luxury trips did not correspond to his income, which led to an investigation for alleged unjustified increase in assets. These revelations deteriorated his public image and led to requests for explanations in Congress, where opposition legislators are pushing for his questioning.
In this scenario, the case continues in the evidence collection stage, with a focus on reconstructing in detail the origin of the funds used in each real estate transaction, the participation of third parties—including lenders and real estate companies—and the eventual omission of assets in the sworn statements. Meanwhile, Adorni has avoided providing public details about his properties, alleging the existence of an ongoing judicial investigation and denouncing alleged political persecution against him.
by RN
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