Overview
- - Federal judge Luis Armella ordered coordinated operations at AFA headquarters on Viamonte, the Ezeiza training center, the Professional League offices and club sites in a sweeping evidence-gathering push.
- - Police seized documents, computers, phones and accounting records as investigators work to reconstruct transactions tied to Sur Finanzas’ dealings with multiple institutions.
- - Prosecutor Cecilia Incardona sought to lift fiscal and banking secrecy for 17 clubs and related individuals to analyze contracts, sponsorships, loans and repayment flows.
- - The case stems from a DGI complaint and ARCA analysis that flagged roughly 818 billion pesos moved via virtual wallets and third-party accounts, including low-income monotributistas and suspected false-invoice issuers.
- - The inquiry focuses on whether club loans were repaid through TV or marketing rights, with Sur Finanzas owner Ariel Vallejo identified as the principal suspect after recently handing over his phone, while a separate case keeps police guarding a luxury property in Pilar under scrutiny.