US EditionArgentine soccer body in turmoil ahead of World Cup over mystery villa and dirty money claims
Police raids uncovered a heliport, stables, and 54 luxury vehicles at a Pilar villa linked to nearly $500 million in suspicious accounting by Argentine Football Association officials.
- As the World Cup approaches, the Argentine Football Association faces allegations that a Pilar villa was used for money‑laundering after Coalicion Civica filed a criminal complaint prompted by Carlos Tevez's tip.
- Police raided AFA headquarters and more than a dozen soccer clubs as part of a money‑laundering probe, and three days later, authorities searched the Pilar villa, requesting pilot records tied to its heliport.
- Records indicate the villa was bought for $1.8 million, though experts say it may be worth more, and court documents describe a black imitation AFA bag with Pablo Toviggino's name found during the raid.
- The AFA said the government of President Javier Milei is attacking it, after a prosecutor charged Tapia, Toviggino, and others with unlawful retention of $13 million, and the justice ministry demanded explanations for nearly half a billion dollars in accounting entries.
- Soccer's history of financial scandals suggests wider implications, as FIFA officials faced charges in recent years and Enzo Gutierrez said, `I think the lid has been blown off the pot,' highlighting concern amid AFA's crisis and Luciano Nicolas Pantano's soccer ties.
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Argentine soccer body in turmoil ahead of World Cup over mystery villa and dirty money claims
In March 2024, retired Argentine soccer star Carlos Tevez published a tweet hinting at something suspicious going on in a Buenos Aires suburb. The treasurer of the Argentine Football Association, Tevez claimed, was making many trips to Pilar, where he implied the soccer official had buried bags of money and kept a collection of antique cars.
Argentina Football Scandal: Money, Mystery & Allegations - Archysport
Qualición Civica, a progressive political party, launched an investigation after Tevez’s post, filing a criminal complaint focusing on a mysterious villa in Pilar. As the World Cup approaches, allegations that the villa may have been used for money laundering have become one of a series of scandals to engulf the soccer federation in current world champions Argentina. In early December, police raided the headquarters of the Argentine Football Ass…
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