Pablo Toviggino is accused of connecting the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA) to the money trail of an illegal financial operation, which the justice system has dubbed 'La Rosadita de la AFA'. According to documentation and photographs published by the newspaper La Nación, between 2020 and 2022, at least seven cash deliveries—both in pesos and dollars—were made, originating from offices in the Buenos Aires financial district and ending up in the hands of the top leader of Argentine football. The operation, coordinated by Toviggino through his associate Juan Pablo Beacon, included precise instructions for the packages to be delivered at the entrance of the headquarters on Viamonte Street or at the training ground in Ezeiza. The mechanism of the deliveries was recorded in WhatsApp chats that are currently being analyzed by Federal Judge Luis Armella. In one conversation, dated September 2021, Toviggino instructed Beacon to prepare an envelope with 300,000 pesos for Tapia: 'An envelope like that, Carucha, with 300 at the AFA door'. The justice system has photographic evidence of labeled envelopes and boxes delivered at the Viamonte headquarters, linking the AFA leadership to 'La Rosadita' from the financial district. Buenos Aires, March 8 (NA)—A box labeled 'For: Claudio Tapia. You have to go to the training ground, it's for Tapia', reads another of Toviggino's messages that complicates the legal situation of the AFA leadership in a case that promises to shake the foundations of the institution. This methodology, which left unusual written evidence, was repeated frequently. 'Take it to PT in Montevideo', or 'Take it to Pablo in Montevideo', were other orders that referred to an apartment in Recoleta attributed to the treasurer, where the administration of Tapia's alleged requests was centralized. The judicial investigation also focused on the origin of these funds, which are suspected to come from embezzlements by intermediary companies responsible for collecting AFA's income abroad. It is suspected that firms like Odeoma and TourProdEnter diverted part of the collection to phantom companies that issued fake invoices, to then bring the cash to Buenos Aires through financial firms. During the investigations, videos of Beacon counting sums exceeding 100,000 dollars and photos of his desk full of stacks of bills were found. 'I have to deliver 40,000 dollars', he said. Minutes later, the treasurer sent the photo of the label to confirm the shipment.
