ARCA expands complaint against AFA and accuses Tapia and Toviggino of fiscal illicit association

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.

The filing was made before the economic criminal court led by Diego Amarante. This case was already investigating the AFA for alleged undue appropriation of taxes and social security resources amounting to nearly 19 billion pesos.

ARCA detected evasion maneuvers totaling 289 million pesos between 2023 and 2025. According to the agency, companies without operational capacity were used to issue false vouchers and hide the final destination of the funds, with 77% of payments made via checks.

The AFA rejected the accusations. It stated that part of the information is difficult to reconstruct due to the volume of movements at the Ezeiza site during 2023 and 2024, and that many contracts were carried out under turnkey modality.

The expansion requested an investigation into a possible fiscal illicit association with temporal continuity and organized structure. It also mentioned other leaders such as Víctor Blanco, Cristian Malaspina and Gustavo Lorenzo.

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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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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.

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.

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