Argentina's Federal Chamber of Casación Penal has set a March 30 hearing to settle a jurisdiction dispute over the probe into AFA's purchase of a luxury mansion in Pilar, amid money laundering allegations tied to football officials including treasurer Pablo Toviggino. This follows AFA's recent address change to Pilar and prior revelations of suspicious payments linked to the property.
In the latest twist to the investigation into the Argentine Football Association (AFA)'s acquisition of a luxury mansion in Pilar—allegedly involving a money laundering scheme connected to AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino and other football leaders—the Federal Chamber of Casación Penal has called a hearing to resolve competing jurisdiction claims.
The dispute pits the Federal Court of Campana, led by Judge Adrián González Charvay, against the Economic Criminal Court of Marcelo Aguinsky in Buenos Aires City. The hearing, set for March 30 at 11:30 a.m., will allow parties to argue before the top federal criminal court decides which bench advances the case.
This development reactivates the probe amid AFA's confirmed shift of its headquarters to Pilar in February, which placed it under provincial oversight and sparked jurisdictional tensions with the General Inspection of Justice (IGJ). Earlier, documents seized from AFA offices revealed transfers of at least 300 million pesos to Real Central SRL, the mansion's owner, for purported 'logistics services.' The case continues to implicate the upper ranks of Argentine football.
