BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s vice president was ordered Friday to answer allegations that he abused his power to gain control of the company that prints the nation’s currency.

Federal Judge Ariel Lijo ruled there is enough evidence to merit formally questioning Amado Boudou about his role in the case, in which secret partners and shell companies allegedly benefited from tax exemptions and lucrative government contracts after buying the bankrupt Ciccone Calcografica printing company at a cut-rate price. The printer, renamed the Compania de Valores Sudamericana, also produced campaign material during President Cristina Fernandez’s run-up to her 2011 re-election with Boudou.