An investigation by lawyer Natalia Volosin has turned up a host of documents revealing previously unknown business ties between Flybondi owner Leonardo Scatturice and media mogul Daniel Hadad.
Scatturice, a US-based businessman widely seen as a key figure for President Javier Milei’s government in the United States, has come under increasing media attention in recent weeks amid questions related to the controversial arrival of a private jet he owns in Buenos Aires last February.
Onboard the plane was one of his employees, Laura Belén Arrieta, Scatturice’s corporate operations manager at his firm OCP TECH, who reportedly arrived in Argentina with 10 pieces of luggage that were not subsequently inspected by customs agents.
Citing corruption concerns, opposition lawmakers have demanded a full investigation into the incident, which is currently being probed by the courts.
Following a new investigation, Scatturice – who is said to have close ties to Argentina’s police and the now-defunct SIDE (Secretaría de Inteligencia de Estado) intelligence services – can now be revealed to have close ties to Hadad, the millionaire founder of Argentine media outlet Infobae.
According to material collected by Volosin, which was co-published by Perfil, Scatturice and Hadad have shared business dealings for over two decades, including million-dollar real-estate transactions, companies registered in tax havens and contracts with the State.
The lawyer alleges that the ties have sustained consistent political and media protection from Hadad’s media outlet, which is Argentina's most popular news website.
Volosin’s research indicates that the relationship between Scatturice and Hadad has been consolidated in parallel with the corporate progress both have enjoyed. She says their relationship involves frontmen, family members and linked companies.
The starting point was two Florida-based firms, My Estates I Corp and My Estates II Corp, companies with a cumulative turnover of US$10 million. One of them is in the name of an Infobae employee who lives in Ciudadela, with a monthly income of some five million pesos; yet he shows up as the sole director of the company which owns Hadad’s main apartment in Miami: a merger of four units in the Continuum building, purchased in November 2016 for US$15.3 million.
This structure further includes operations for US$10.4 million involving Hadad’s sister-in-law, via companies based in Florida and the British Virgin Islands. One of the homes involved – which was sold by Hadad to Scatturice – was also used to take out loans from companies incorporated in Delaware.
Scatturice is linked to several businesspeople investigated in high-profile cases, Volosin also alleges.
As described by Volosin, in Florida some 20 companies interconnected via resident agents or managers were detected, with no visible business or real-estate activities.
Volosin’s investigation also uncovered another pattern:the purchasing technology companies with previous experience in tenders. Capital was then increased, initial partners removed and contracts won with the State.
The most visible example is OCP TECH SA, an offshoot of SYSTEMNET SA. Under the control of Scatturice and another partner, OCP TECH won contracts with the Ministry of Education Ministry, the Attorney General’s Office and the University of Buenos Aires (UBA).
Currently, the group is behind MIA ID, a biometric digital identification system. In May 2025, the company was pre-registered as a State provider.
“The structure is typical of money laundering manoeuvres,” she alleges. “They involve Scatturice and people linked with other notable cases, such as Pamela Poveda – a partner and notary in real-estate transactions – and Laura Arrieta," the OPC Tech employee who took the flight to Buenos Aires.
Volosin concluded by saying she will file a report before the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) in the United States to expose the circuit of companies used to move funds through the formal financial system.
– TIMES/PERFIL
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