Overview
- Javier Faroni and Érica Gillette presented themselves voluntarily in Lomas de Zamora to be formally notified, three days before their scheduled date.
- The brief act lasted minutes, involved fixing domicile and naming attorney Maximiliano Rusconi, and did not include questioning or formal charges.
- Investigators are scrutinizing TourProdEnter LLC, which has managed AFA’s international deals since 2021 with a 30% commission, over alleged diversion of at least US$42 million from an estimated US$300 million handled.
- Judge Luis Armella lifted fiscal and banking secrecy on December 30 and ordered raids, with more than 70 procedures executed and requests to U.S. banks plus crypto-tracing underway.
- Lines of inquiry include a bank transfer linked to a Monaco yacht and property purchases allegedly connected to AFA officials, as well as a prior airport incident in which Faroni’s SIM card was seized for analysis.