The Revenue and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) confirmed the existence of multiple irregularities in Malte SRL, a firm linked to the inner circle of the treasurer of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Pablo Toviggino, which had externalized assets for about 1.4 million dollars. According to a report from the agency submitted to the Justice, to which the Argentine News Agency had access, the company presents characteristics compatible with a society without real economic activity, which places it under suspicion within a criminal investigation that also involves authorities of the AFA leadership, including its president Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia. According to the official documentation, Malte SRL was categorized as a firm without the economic or financial operational capacity to support the volume of operations recorded. It was also detected that the firm did not act as a withholding agent in exercises with relevant volumes of operations, which would be incompatible with its declared level of activity. The report was incorporated into a case that is being processed in the federal justice system, where possible maneuvers linked to tax evasion, misappropriation of funds, and the use of shell companies are being analyzed. As it became known, the company was linked to Juan Pablo Beacon, a former close collaborator of Toviggino, who had been previously exposed in audiovisual records manipulating large sums of cash. ARCA's presentation expands the scope of investigations that already point to alleged irregularities in the handling of funds linked to the AFA's leadership environment. In addition, significant billings were recorded between linked companies, with concepts that do not match the activities declared by the society. Another of the points observed was the company's labor structure: in the analyzed periods, only one employee was registered, despite the reported levels of billing. Among the detected inconsistencies, repeated changes of tax domicile, the registration of commercial activities without relation to each other, and difficult-to-justify property movements are mentioned. ARCA's analysis also pointed to frequent transfers of high-value assets—such as vehicles, machinery, and real estate—with scarce documentary traceability.
