Overview
- Judge Diego Amarante received initial responses from banks, ARCA and other agencies in the tax‑retention case alleging failures to remit IVA, income tax and social security contributions totaling about 19 billion pesos from March 2024 to December 2025.
- In the parallel money‑laundering probe, a Banco Coinag manager testified that a certification presented to justify luxury car purchases was falsified, and records show Malte SRL received a US$1.8 million transfer tied to the Pilar mansion.
- Searches of the Pilar property documented 59 luxury vehicles and items linking the asset network to AFA associates, with investigators noting highway tags for some cars were paid using an AFA corporate card issued to Luciano Pantano.
- The head of Argentina’s UIF, Paul Starc, met FinCEN officials in Washington to exchange data as U.S. authorities review flows connected to TourProdEnter and alleged US$42 million routed to shell companies.
- AFA publicly rejected the IGJ’s allegations and claimed political pressure, while the IGJ said it is still analyzing the latest filings and downplayed immediate appointment of an official overseer; separately, sponsor Socios.com told AFA it will stop paying intermediaries and wants direct transfers plus an accounting of more than US$9 million already sent.