It was reported on August 19, 2014, that Elliott Management, Argentina's leading holdout creditor, planned to subpoena companies tied to Kirchner businessmen Lázaro Báez and Cristóbal López in order to identify and seize improperly diverted public assets and to focus a spotlight on the corruption of the Kirchner government. Elliott's lawyer Robert Cohen stated that the investigation would not only benefit Elliott but would also have “the added advantage of exposing corruption in Argentina.” In response to this development, Capitanich harshly criticized Elliott and another holdout firm, Aurelius, calling them “small, voracious interests that form a real international mafia.”