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In June 2004, the Press reported that Argentina's federal prosecutor, Guillermo Marijuan had requested a probe into, former, President Carlos Menem for allegedly receiving corrupt payments from the French defence company Thales Spectrum.
Marijuan alleged that Menem asked Thales Spectrum, for $25 million in exchange for favouring the company in a state bid and that between 1997 and 1999, Thales deposited millions of dollars into the bank accounts of Argentinean government officials to win a contract to control the telecommunications' radio wave bands.

Press reports indicated the funds were moved through Finega, a Swiss financial institution into four bank accounts linked to Menem officials. The funds were allegedly deposited into accounts at large financial institutions in New York and Philadelphia.

A public official, the president of Thales subsidiary (THEC) and a director of Thales were fined in 2008. The court case had started in 2001. The contract was cancelled in 2004. The source of the complain was an anonymous whistleblower in 2001.