Overview
- Prosecutor Claudio Navas Rial appealed to broaden the case to include the 7.5% cut from club sponsorship and advertising, arguing the judge used a fragmented view of a single scheme.
- Judge Diego Amarante had processed Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, Pablo Toviggino and other AFA leaders for allegedly withholding and paying late more than 19.3 billion pesos from March 2024 to September 2025, but he excluded the advertising piece after ruling AFA was not the collecting agent.
- The Economic Criminal Chamber’s panel of Roberto Hornos and Carolina Robiglio will now rule on the prosecutor’s filing along with defense appeals that seek to revoke the processings.
- The same chamber rejected a bid this week for dismissal for “no crime,” keeping the case active as it weighs whether to confirm the charges and move it toward an oral trial.
- Current court measures include 350 million–peso asset freezes on Tapia and Toviggino and rules that require check-ins and travel notifications, while the defense cites non-profit protections by tax and economy agencies to argue payments were not immediately enforceable.