Dramatic courtroom illustration of AFA president Tapia and treasurer Toviggino facing tax evasion charges, featuring hidden cash in a sock drawer.
Dramatic courtroom illustration of AFA president Tapia and treasurer Toviggino facing tax evasion charges, featuring hidden cash in a sock drawer.
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Justice processes Tapia and Toviggino for alleged tax evasion at AFA

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A judge has processed AFA president Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia and treasurer Pablo Toviggino for alleged tax evasion, ordering embargoes. Diego Amarante argued that Tapia controls fiscal keys and signed balances since 2017. A chat is under investigation regarding US$300,000 allegedly hidden in a sock drawer.

Judge Diego Amarante has processed Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, president of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA), and treasurer Pablo Toviggino for alleged tax evasion. He argued that Tapia holds the fiscal key and bank accounts of the entity, and signed the memoranda and balances submitted to the IGJ from 2017 to the present.

Embargoes were ordered on their assets. Tapia made his first public appearance after the judicial setback the day before the second friendly match of the Argentine national team at La Bombonera.

Separately, justice is examining a chat between Toviggino and his former right-hand man, Juan Pablo Beacon, which allegedly reveals the delivery of US$300,000 in a sock drawer. That money reportedly went from Tourprodenter to a ghost company in Miami, linked to Javier Faroni's firm.

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Initial reactions on X to the processing of AFA president Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia and treasurer Pablo Toviggino for alleged tax evasion focus on the $19 billion debt, $350 million embargoes, and travel bans. Journalists provide factual details, while users express schadenfreude, sarcasm about recent AFA protests, calls for imprisonment, and comparisons to other unprosecuted cases.

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Dramatic photo-realistic depiction of AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino arriving at Buenos Aires federal court for $19.35 million tax evasion hearing amid media frenzy.
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Pablo Toviggino must declare in person for massive evasion in the AFA

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The Federal Chamber rejected Pablo Toviggino's request, AFA treasurer, to testify via Zoom and ordered him to appear in person on March 11 at the Comodoro Py courts for an alleged evasion of $19.350 million. Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, AFA president, will also testify on March 12 in the same case initiated by ARCA. The investigation points to systematic omissions in tax payments between 2024 and 2025.

The Revenue and Customs Control Agency expanded the criminal complaint against the Argentine Football Association. It accused Claudio Tapia and Pablo Toviggino of forming a fiscal illicit association linked to nearly 300 million pesos in evasion through fake invoices.

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AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino asked to recuse Judge Diego Amarante citing manifest enmity and presented an article from Data Clave as evidence. The judge rejected the request and viewed it as an attempt to stall the probe.

Federal judge Ariel Lijo authorized a forensic examination of architect Matías Tabar's cellphone, following his testimony about receiving US$245,000 cash from Cabinet Chief Manuel Adorni without invoices for house renovations. Prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita requested the analysis to recover deleted communications involving Adorni and his wife.

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Federal judge Ariel Lijo ordered on Thursday the lifting of banking, tax, and anti-money laundering secrecy for Chief of Cabinet Manuel Adorni, his wife Bettina Angeletti, their firm AS Innovación Profesional, and six women listed as lenders. The measure, requested by prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita, aims to reconstruct Adorni's financial circuit since January 2022 in an alleged illicit enrichment case.

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