On December 27, in Buenos Aires, Judge Marcelo Aguinsky of the Economic Criminal Court ordered initial evidence‑gathering measures to determine whether money laundering occurred in the purchase of a luxury property in Pilar. The home, valued at $1.8 million, was bought in 2024 by the company Malte SRL and is now under investigation. Connections to the AFA and the football world complicate the case.
During a raid, investigators found a bag with AFA badges and a plaque from Barracas Central, as well as names that, according to investigators, lack the economic capacity to justify the purchase. The property is registered under Real Central S.R.L., whose partners are Luciano Pantano and his mother Ana Lucía Conte. The case also includes other assets, such as 54 luxury cars and a country house in Pilar.
Judge Aguinsky requested a comprehensive financial report from the General Tax Directorate and plans to continue work in January. Four preliminary facts are under analysis, including a complaint by the Civic Coalition and a former Boca player’s message about alleged money bags from Qatar and China. Judicial cases from Santiago del Estero involving land usurpation and drug smuggling are also being examined.
