Overview
- The Criminal Chamber in CABA rejected Javier Faroni’s bid to remove the case from ordinary courts over alleged AFA operations in the United States.
- Judge Ignacio Rodríguez Varela recognized the complaint advanced by entrepreneur Guillermo Tofoni naming AFA president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia and treasurer Pablo Toviggino.
- The ruling overturned Judge Paula Petazzi’s order to send the file to Judge Luis Armella in Lomas de Zamora, calling that move premature.
- The case remains under the Buenos Aires city courts and will proceed as investigators develop evidence that may also relate to suspected money laundering.
- The court underscored that even significant or multi-jurisdictional fraud does not automatically shift venue to the federal forum.