Buenos Aires, March 9 (NA) – Federal Judge of Campana Adrián González Charvay has requested to consolidate in his court two other judicial cases linked to the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in which the alleged embezzlement of funds in operations carried out abroad is being investigated. The magistrate requested that the files processed in other courts be sent to his court to concentrate the investigation into a single case, according to the Argentine News Agency. The proposal was directed to the federal court of Lomas de Zamora, which is overseen by Luis Armella, and to the national criminal and correctional court of the City of Buenos Aires, headed by Paula Petazzi, where financial movements related to AFA's international contracts are also being investigated. The investigations revolve around the link between the entity led by Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia and the company TourProdEnter LLC, a U.S. society linked to businessmen Javier Faroni and Erica Gillette that acted as an intermediary in the commercial contracts of the Argentine national team abroad. According to the case file, that company was in charge of the commercial representation to promote sponsorship agreements, organize sporting events, and manage the collection of contracts signed by the AFA abroad. The case is currently under discussion as to which court should lead the investigation. If the other courts refuse to send the files, the competence conflict will have to be resolved by higher instances of the Judicial Power in a case that could concentrate different investigations into the management of AFA funds abroad. In this context, banking documentation sent from the United States revealed transfers to societies linked to the entity's treasurer, Pablo Toviggino, which motivated new lines of investigation. The magistrate is also in charge of the file that analyzes the origin of the funds used to acquire a quinta in Pilar valued at about 17 million dollars, a property that would have been purchased through alleged front men linked to Argentine football leaders.
