By Leila Miller

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine authorities on Friday raided a series of properties as part of an investigation into an alleged kickback scheme that threatens to embroil top officials, according to local media.

Authorities confiscated cellphones and a cash counting machine in a raid at the home of Diego Spagnuolo, who until this week headed the disability agency, as part of a criminal investigation, media reported.

Milei's government earlier this week fired Spagnuolo "as a preventive measure," it said in a statement posted on X early on Thursday.

Local media published audio recordings earlier this week in which a voice that sounds like that of Spagnuolo can be heard discussing bribery within the agency. No details were given of when or in what context the recordings w

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