The devices Ariel Vallejo, owner of Sur FinancesA company linked to the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, and his mother, president of the company, has already been unblocked and is currently being analyzed by the Federal Police. Through previous raids Suspicious transfers worth more than $800 billion have been discovered at AFA headquarters, at clubs such as Banfield and Argentinos Juniors, and in the finance department since 2020 involved monotributistas without economic capacity and ghost companies.
Investigators are now reporting from judicial sources They thoroughly check the contents of cell phones to determine whether they contain evidence confirming the suspicion. “Now we have to analyze what is there, if there is anything at all,” said a member of the judging team cautiously about the preliminary results.
In fact, analyzing the devices is part of one more extensive work ordered by the federal judge by Lomas de Zamora, Luis Armella. The case concerns various branches of the judiciary: the Federal Police, the Directorate of Legal Assistance in Complex Crimes and Organized Crime (DAJUDECO), the General Prosecutor’s Office for Economic Crime and Money Laundering (PROCELAC) and the Federal Prosecutor Cecilia Incardona.
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They all work together to review all documents and items seized during the raids, including Accounting records, electronic transfers and internal communications of the company.
The first complaint was filed in November by the DGI with prosecutor Incardona, who is investigating maneuvers that would have been circumvented $3,327 million in taxes and used virtual wallets and cryptocurrencies to launder funds. Sur Finance would have granted excessive loans to clubs with financial problems like San Lorenzo, with the alleged aim of money laundering. The research too reaches construction companies related to footballsuch as Construcciones TAR, which would have been involved in the suspicious operations.
This was done as part of the judicial measures All company accounts were frozen and the tax, banking and stock exchange secrecy of those involved was abolished. In addition, the headquarters of the AFA, the Super League and 18 football clubs that had relationships with Sur Finanzas were raided, including Independiente, Racing, San Lorenzo, Barracas Central, Platense, Argentinos Juniors and Temperley. The Raids were aimed at tracking down the documentationFinancial movements, emails and evidence of alleged over-loans and irregular transfers.
In this case, other cell phones are also involved, such as those of the treasurer of Sur Finanzas, Micaela Sánchez, and the two drivers and valuables, Sergio Da Silveira and Juan Cervín. They were held last week in a warehouse in the town of Turdera They transported company documents and computers. Sánchez assured in his written statement: “The only answer I have to everything that happened is that I was determined not to lose my job and to ensure that the company continued to operate.” I never wanted to hide or destroy evidence“.
So far, the investigation is progressing with telephone reports, interventions by the FIU and new raids. Although Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia is not calculated directlyHis association with Ariel Vallejo, the owner of Sur Finanzas, maintains the AFA’s attention and creates a strong media impact on Argentine football. The case promises new insights into how these financial maneuvers work and their impact on professional sports.
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