Overview
- Federal judge Sebastián Casanello and prosecutor Franco Picardi ordered a search of Sur Finanzas’ Adrogué headquarters, with investigators collecting records for analysis.
- Picardi’s filing cites WhatsApp exchanges between Miguel Ángel Calvete and Alan Pocoví and says part of the cash they moved was converted into cryptocurrencies via Neblockchain, the company’s payment app.
- ARCA’s months-long probe found repeated use of monotributistas with minimal profiles to channel millions into virtual wallets, documented cases of large foreign ATM withdrawals, and is being readied for a judicial presentation.
- Earlier alerts from the UIF and PROCELAC flagged billions in unusual flows through Construcciones TAR SA that led to Sur Finanzas and related firms, while the Central Bank opened an administrative case over foreign-currency rules.
- Sur Finanzas’ footprint in football includes a reported loan of about 2,000 million pesos to San Lorenzo and multiple sponsorships, as reporting also notes a mismatch between owner Maximiliano Ariel Vallejo’s declared income and asset and currency operations.