Judge dismisses crypto case against Milei and his sister
A criminal investigation into Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister’s links to a cryptocurrency scandal has been dropped.
Milei had denied promoting the newly launched cryptocoin $Libra, which collapsed shortly after he mentioned it in a social media post in February 2025.
Dismissing the case, the judge said the reported events do not fall under a legal category and concluded no criminally relevant deception had been proven.
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The judge’s reasoning is narrow: no criminally relevant deception was proven. That settles a legal question, not the political one about a presidential link that could move a coin’s price.
Milei’s distinction between promoting and merely sharing is the interesting part. A shared link can do promotional work even if the sharer denies promotional intent.