Overview
- Federal prosecutor Pedro Simón, who filed the request Friday, asked a duty judge to order the arrest, questioning, searches and asset freezes of AFA president Claudio Tapia, treasurer Pablo Toviggino and more than two dozen others on aggravated illicit association and money-laundering charges.
- No arrests have been ordered, as subrogating judge Guillermo Díaz Martínez deferred the requests until Judge Sebastián Argibay returns, with a recusal of Argibay awaiting review by the appeals court.
- Clarín reported Sunday that Banco Coinag flagged more than 10,000 million pesos in deposits tied to Toviggino’s partner María Florencia Sartirana, closed her accounts in December 2025, and that the funds later moved to Banco Credicoop, according to Central Bank sources.
- The 181-page filing cites ARCA tax data, bank records, migration logs and registries that track rapid AFA payments to firms such as SOMA, Malte, Segon and Real Central, followed by inter-company billing and asset buys including about 35 properties in Santiago del Estero and a mansion in Pilar.
- The case overlaps with a federal probe in Campana and may be reassigned by higher courts, a call that could determine how quickly any freezes or detentions hit AFA’s leadership and operations.