The versions about alleged patrimonial irregularities linked to the family environment of Manuel Adorni They re-established themselves on the public agenda following the dissemination of documentation that points to financial operations carried out by their father, Jorge Adorniin the years prior to the arrival of the current official to the government of Javier Milei. One of the most notable operations is the constitution of a mortgage on the family apartment to guarantee a loan of $22,500 granted by two retirees, in a maneuver that generated, once again, serious questions about the conditions of the agreement and the profile of the lenders.
According to what was revealed, the operation would have been carried out through a private contract that was later backed by the real guarantee of the property, which implied the registration of a mortgage. The creditors, identified as two retired women with no history in the formal financial system, would have delivered the money in cash in 1996, which raised questions about the origin of the funds, the formalization of the operation and the agreed interest rate. In this context, different reports indicate that the documentation includes unfulfilled promissory notes and repayment commitments that led to a complaint in 2002 because the agreed cash had not been returned.
After the death of the patriarch of the Adorni family, both the Chief of Staff, his brother Francisco and his mother asked to lift the mortgage to be able to dispose of the property. The process took several years and although there was no evidence that the family group had canceled its debt with the retirees, the Court lifted the embargo in 2023. It took the clan two more years to be able to register the apartment and they put it up for sale for 95 thousand dollars months ago. According to records, the family department is also not listed in the Libertarian official’s affidavit.
Almost a month has passed since President Javier Milei himself promised that Manuel Adorni’s sworn statement was “imminent.” The Chief of Staff did not present it. According to journalist Manu Jove, although the Anti-Corruption Office’s deadline expires on July 31, ARCA’s expires in the first days of June, which makes it a promise that no longer allows for too many extensions. Three months after the issue broke out publicly, it is estimated that the official’s entourage can justify his assets with a portfolio of cryptocurrencies, arguing that he already owned them and that the rise of bitcoin explains its growth. If so, the coordinator of ministers should clarify his omission in the first sworn declaration upon entering the national government and formally rectify it.
In chronological terms, the current investigation headed by the judge Ariel Lijo It focuses on a series of real estate operations carried out between last year and 2025. Before assuming functions in the Libertarian administration, 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.
The file also analyzes the payment conditions for that property. According to the intervening notary, Adriana Nechevenko, The official had 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.
In this scenario, the Adorni case is part of a broader dynamic of public scrutiny of the assets of officials and their family environments, a phenomenon that intensified with the arrival of the current LLA administration and the growing scandals of various Casa Rosada officials and that is replicated both in journalistic investigations and in political complaints.
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