The responsible judge of the Economic Criminal Court No. 10, Marcelo Aguinskyapplied for this Tuesday, December 16th, a Series of test measures on Pilar’s farm which is attributed to the treasurer of the AFA Pablo Tovigginoright hand of the president of this association, Claudio “Chiqui” Tapiaas part of a Cause of the alleged money laundering, to determine who the true owners of the property valued at more than $10 million are.
The agency Argentine News revealed that the judge had ordered Remove the secrecy of the summary and made inquiries to the National Directorate of Automotive Registration (DNRA), insurance companies, and GPS and Telepass companies Vehicles that were found on the property and made the same request to internet, cell phone and cable companies for the home.
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Last week, the Federal Criminal Chamber decided that the State Economic Criminal Court 10 should continue the investigation into alleged money laundering Nicolás Pantano and Ana Lucía Conteaccused of buying the property in Pilar through the company Real Central SRL without having sufficient financial support.
The raid on Pilar’s farm and the vehicles found
On Friday, December 12, the Argentine Federal Police conducted a raid on the Pilar farm under the orders of Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas 45 luxury and/or collector cars, 7 high-capacity motorcycles and 2 karts kidnapped. All vehicles found were in a huge warehouse on the property and, according to the judiciary, were in the name of the company Real Central SRL.
While the raid was being carried out, the Federal Court was deciding a jurisdictional dispute between two courts and He took the file from Rafecasresulting in it going to the Economic Crimes Court 10, which will be replaced by Judge Aguinsky.
As part of the procedure, the vehicles were confiscated They entered the property six reviewers: three appointed by the nation’s Supreme Court and three by the San Isidro College of Auctioneers Determine the actual value of the property and assets found there. According to sources in the file, this measure targets Reconstruct the assets in question and check whether they are actually related to the income declared by Pantano and Conte, the official owners of the property.
The Citizens’ Coalition had denounced that these people did not have sufficient economic capacity to purchase a property with these characteristics. In this context, the judiciary reconstructed the chain of ownership of the property: it belonged to the former football player Carlos Tevez, who bought it in 2017; Six years later it was sold to the company Malte SRL and the following year came into the hands of Pantano and Conte via Real Central SRL. This is an important detail Malte SRL was a supplier to AFA in 2022with a half-million dollar direct contract to implement the VAR system.
They raid two houses of the alleged frontmen of “Chiqui” Tapia, who appear to be the owners of the mansion in Pilar
According to the information attached to the file Luciano Pantano was registered as a monotributista and has been Chairman of the Argentine Civil Association for Futsal and Beach Soccer since 2021, and has also been Treasurer of the Almirante Brown Club since 2022; in turn, Ana Lucía Conte was a monotributista until 2012collected Emergency Family Income (IFE) in 2020 and he retired the following year.
The investigation seeks to determine whether the property and all vehicles and assets found within it are part of a scheme created to hide assets that would in fact belong to key AFA executives.
What complaint connects “Chiqui” Tapia and Pablo Toviggino to Pilar’s villa?
Facundo del Gaiso, a Civic Coalition (CC) deputy from Buenos Aires, denounced this more than a year ago, together with Elisa Carrió and the president of the Pilar Civic Coalition, Matías Yofe a pensioner and a monotributista acted as owners of land whose value exceeded this 10 million dollars.
The CC representative confirmed that together with Carrió they have been “behind the Tapia issue for a year” based on a tweet from (Carlos) Tevez denouncing Toviggino, talking about buried money and… We started researching and found this mansion. We have filed the complaint with Procelac Money laundering and that the possible connection with Tapia and Toviggino is being investigated. We also have information from neighbors who tell you that they have seen Chiqui Tapia and others who tell you that the house is in Toviggino, so we ask that it be investigated.”
And he concluded by saying: “We have to investigate Miami, Santiago del Estero and (the streaming channel).” carnival. There are a lot of money, a lot of judicial power, a lot of impunityand it is a battle that must be waged.”
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