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A few days ago, US FBI agents and US federal prosecutors began a wide-ranging investigation into the financial operations of the Argentine Football Federation, led by Claudio Tapia.
The investigation aims to understand how Hundreds of millions of dollars related to union trade agreements circulated through the US banking system.
Investigators are particularly interested in tens of millions of dollars, the final destination of which was not clear in the reviewed bank documents.
According to the website Infobae:John F. of New York by the FBI. The plane of the Argentina national team was detained at Kennedy International Airport to seize the assets of high-ranking officials of the federation, including Claudio “Chechi” Tapia (president) and Pablo Tovigino (treasurer), who are under investigation for fraud and embezzlement, as well as businessmen Diamerone.
The speculation and conspiracy theories surrounding the final match, published by the Argentine media after its conclusion, alluding to match-fixing, became a cover to cover up the real scandal in the Argentine Football Association.
In a new chapter in the country’s biggest corruption case, the US government is taking action against Tapia and his co-conspirators.
Officials of the Argentine Football Association were summoned to the Southern District Court of Florida on July 30 as part of the investigation into the “Argentine Football Association Scandal.”
They were asked to provide all available information on a Florida-based shell company that is being investigated as the main vehicle for laundering and transferring money from sponsorship deals signed by Argentina from the last World Cup to the next World Cup in 2030.
It is estimated that the company received 30% of the total commercial revenues of the Argentine Football Association during that period.
According to the Argentine website, “The investigation that led to the seizure of phones and electronic devices began to take shape during the World Cup. While Claudio “Cheek” Tapia and federation officials accompanied the national team to the United States, FBI agents and prosecutors from the Department of Justice began to reconstruct the financial structure of international transactions used by the organization’s dealings. exceeds 300 million dollars during the analysis.”
Sources close to the president of the Argentine Football Association have denied the allegations, calling them “false” and “baseless”, despite the cases against him.
“I just talked to him and it didn’t happen,” the sports official’s lawyer, Mariano Lizardo, told La Nacion.
The US launches the attack
TourProdEnter LLC, a limited liability company created between Faraone and his wife Erica Gillette, was appointed by Tapia’s express order as the “exclusive agent” to collect “the international contracts of the Argentine Football Association, in addition to receiving income from sponsors, commercial rights, friendly matches and other businesses related to the interventions of the Argentine national team.”
The investigation, based on several bank documents, confirms that the revenues of the Argentine Football Association were distributed between multiple bank accounts.
Roughly $14 million in revenue from contracts in Asia, Europe and the Arabian Gulf is believed to have flowed through just one account, although the funds stayed there for only 24 to 72 hours before being transferred elsewhere.
The Argentine Football Association has reportedly failed to disclose any of the money investigated by the US Department of Justice in its financial statements, among other violations, including the seizure late last year of more than fifty luxury cars and more than $20 million worth of property in Villa Rosa on behalf of a person connected to Tapia.
The Argentine Federation defends itself
In a statement given to the media, the Argentine Football Association tried to deny part of the information.
He added: “The subpoena issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida directs a third party to appear before a grand jury and produce documents and correspondence relating to various individuals, including the authorities of this association.”
“The above-mentioned document does not provide for personal proceedings against the president or treasurer of the federation, does not order them to appear in court, does not impose any legal obligation on them and does not record the confiscation or confiscation of their property. individuals and institutions”.
