Overview
- Judge Luis Armella ordered roughly 35 simultaneous searches at AFA’s Viamonte offices, the Ezeiza complex, the Professional League site and at least 17 clubs tied to Sur Finanzas.
- Federal Police seized accounting files, contracts and electronic devices to reconstruct financial flows between the fintech, AFA and clubs such as Racing, Independiente, San Lorenzo, Banfield, Barracas Central and Morón.
- Fiscal Cecilia Incardona requested the lifting of bank and fiscal secrecy for the clubs under scrutiny as investigators examine whether debts were repaid with TV or marketing rights.
- The case stems from an ARCA/AFIP complaint that flagged about 818,000 million pesos in virtual‑wallet movements using non‑categorized users, low‑income monotributistas and apocryphal clients.
- A parallel inquiry led by Judge Daniel Rafecas keeps Federal Police guarding a luxury Pilar estate while probing alleged front companies, including Real Central SRL linked to Luciano Pantano and Ana Lucía Conte, as owner Ariel Vallejo recently surrendered his phone to prosecutors.