Overview
- By order of Judge Luis Armella, Policía Federal carried out 33–35 simultaneous searches at AFA’s Viamonte headquarters, the Ezeiza complex, Professional League offices and at least 17 clubs including Racing, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Barracas Central, Banfield and Argentinos Juniors.
- Investigators seized documents, computers and phones as prosecutor Cecilia Incardona requested the lifting of fiscal and banking secrecy for the clubs to trace contracts, transfers and money flows.
- The case stems from a DGI/AFIP/ARCA analysis that flagged roughly 818,000 million pesos moved via virtual wallets using non‑categorized users, low‑tier monotributistas and apocryphal entities, with alleged evasion of more than 3,327 million pesos in the bank debit/credit tax.
- Sur Finanzas, led by Ariel Vallejo and publicly linked to AFA leadership, sponsored tournaments and clubs and allegedly extended loans that could have been repaid with TV or marketing revenues; some clubs issued statements saying their ties were limited to sponsorships.
- Jurisdictional questions involving Judges Daniel Rafecas and Javier López Biscayart remain active as authorities process the seized material to determine potential charges and the scope of the investigation.