Argentine judge clears President Milei of wrongdoing in meme coin scandal
The Straits Times
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 23 - An Argentine federal judge dropped a criminal investigation into President Javier Milei and his sister Karina Milei over a meme coin scandal on Friday, finding no evidence of fraud, according to court records. Federal judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi had been investigating Milei's role in promoting a cryptocurrency that crashed, looking into allegations of fraud in the coin's launch. Milei had recommended the little-known crypto coin Libra in a post on X in February 2025, kicking off a brief rally. He later deleted his post and denied having any link to the cryptocurrency, which soon plunged.
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