NEUQUÉN, Argentina — An Argentine judge has ordered former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to stand trial on charges that she masterminded a plan to defraud the government of over $3 billion through the dollar futures market.

It is the first time that a trial has been ordered against Mrs. Kirchner, who has faced numerous accusations of wrongdoing since she left office in December 2015.

The federal judge, Claudio Bonadio, announced the decision on Thursday, almost a year after he indicted the former president. Judge Bonadio said a plan to sell the Argentine central bank’s dollar futures at below-market rates could not have been carried out without approval from “the highest political and economic decision makers of government.”

Judge Bonadio ordered 14 other officials, including the former economy minister, Axel Kicillof, and the former central bank chief, Alejandro Vanoli, to stand trial in the case. No date has yet been set for the trial.