Aleman's largest assignment involved combing through 9, 000 Super DLT tapes, costing tens of millions of dollars.
Mr Aleman came to power in January set on the wholesale return of property to its ex-owners.
He lost again last autumn, to an unashamed right-winger, Arnoldo Aleman, by 38% to a solid 51%.
Last month, Banco Aleman, one of the larger private banks, collapsed, prompting panic withdrawals from other banks.
Earlier this month Miguel Aleman, governor of the state of Veracruz, popped over for breakfast and stayed four hours.
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He and his partner Rolando Aleman, who pleaded guilty, are awaiting sentencing.
Moreover, Mr Ortega colluded with Mr Aleman in a pact that gave their parties control over institutions such as the electoral council.
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The government of President Arnoldo Aleman is said to be unhappy at the number of foreign, or at least ex-foreign, left-wingers still around.
One of Mr Aleman's actions was to have Agustin Jarquin, the government comptroller and his chief accuser, jailed and later squeezed out of the job.
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The Bush Administration is doing its part by unabashedly and ham-handedly backing Eduardo Montealegre , a foreign minister under the discredited former president, Arnoldo Aleman .
Mr Aleman drew support from all wings of the party.
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Mr Aleman and several officials have faced allegations of corruption.
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Since then, however, the audit office has closed the investigation into Mr Aleman, despite much publicity for his acquisition of properties, on the ground that presidential immunity from arrest makes any investigation futile.
Yet, Washington refuses to reconsider and either support the candidate of the largest and best organized pro-democracy party, the Constitutionalist Liberals, because of its association with Aleman - or at least remain neutral.
Using a corps of government-trained experts--a top designation is "Scers, " for Seize Computer Evidence Recovery Specialists--the group can copy the hard drives on 300 computers in a day, says Thomas Aleman, global leader of the unit.
But one of Mr Aleman's advisers believes that he will use his influence both in public (his father and namesake was a still-remembered president) and in private (he is a hugely rich and well-connected businessman as well as governor) in favour of Mr Labastida.
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Thus the audit office, originally headed by one man Augustin Jarquin, who had spent much time investigating President Aleman's surprising (and self-declared) enrichment while in office is now run by a council of five men, two of them picked by the Sandinists and three by the Liberals.
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