Overview
- Economic-crimes prosecutor Claudio Roberto Navas Rial formally charged AFA president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia and treasurer Pablo Toviggino over alleged non-deposit of withheld taxes and social contributions totaling about ARS 19.3 billion before Judge Diego Amarante.
- Judge Marcelo Aguinsky lifted the secrecy order in the case examining the purchase and upkeep of a sprawling Pilar property and ordered the DGI to deliver economic, financial and fiscal studies on Real Central, Malte, Soma, Wicca, Mendoza Wines and related entities.
- Aguinsky removed banking and fiscal secrecy for Toviggino, relatives and associates, as well as the implicated companies, enabling ARCA/DGI to analyze accounts, transactions and declared incomes.
- Investigators are tracing expenses tied to 54 high-end vehicles whose tolls were paid with a single credit card and requested nearby security-camera footage and helicopter flight manifests from operator Flyzar.
- The judge suspended the January judicial recess to continue evidence gathering, and registered owners Luciano Pantano and Ana Conte were summoned to present their defense on Monday via videoconference.