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Argentine Judge Summons Tofoni as AFA Money-Flow Probe Expands

The judge seeks to incorporate U.S. discovery on offshore transfers into the Argentine probe.

Overview

  • Judge Marcelo Aguinsky set February 2 for Guillermo Tofoni’s testimony and asked him to bring the U.S. discovery that alleges transfers from TourProdEnter to shell companies.
  • American Express payments tied to a corporate card in the name of Luciano Pantano were ordered suspended after records showed large monthly charges and payments for services unrelated to AFA.
  • Investigators will take statements from lower-level AFA employees and the helicopter pilots who flew people to the Pilar estate, with pilots’ testimonies to be taken in reserved session for security.
  • Reporting shows TourProdEnter, controlled by Javier Faroni and Erica Gillette, has handled more than $260 million since late 2021, with part of the flow routed through an AFA account in the British Virgin Islands.
  • Earlier collections were coordinated by firms linked to Fabián Marcelo Saracco, estimated around $20 million, and the case—opened on complaints from Elisa Carrió, Facundo del Gaiso and Matías Yofe—still faces a pending venue dispute before federal chambers.