Overview
- Federal Police executed 33–35 coordinated searches at AFA headquarters on Viamonte, the Ezeiza complex, Liga Profesional offices and at least 17 clubs, seizing documents and electronic devices.
- Prosecutor Cecilia Incardona asked to lift banking and fiscal secrecy on the clubs to trace money flows potentially linked to sponsorships or loans repaid via TV or marketing income.
- Judge Luis Armella ordered preventive asset freezes and issued notices to the Central Bank, the Financial Intelligence Unit and registries to locate and block assets tied to the case.
- Tax filings referenced roughly 818,000 million pesos in transactions and an alleged 3,327 million pesos in cheque‑tax evasion, with funds moved through third‑party and monotributista accounts.
- Ariel Vallejo, owner of Sur Finanzas, is the principal focus and recently turned over his phone, while a separate inquiry under Judge Daniel Rafecas examines a luxury Pilar property flagged for possible links to AFA figures.