Buenos Aires, December 14 (NA) – Buenos Aires City legislator for the Civic Coalition (CC) Facundo del Gaiso is one of the accusers, along with Elisa Carrió and the head of the party in Pilar, Matías Yofe, denouncing a suspected money laundering network involving the president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, and the entity's treasurer, Pablo Toviggino. In an interview with the Argentine News Agency, Del Gaiso stated that in this case, justice and politics 'go their separate ways' and that when society begins to 'scandalize things,' intervention is taken in matters that need to be investigated. 'Politics and justice will always be behind society,' he said. During the investigation, it was learned that 59 cars are registered in the name of the company Real Central, and as new things appear every day, the link with the previous firm is Mauro Javier Paz, a person also very linked to Toviggino,' the accuser explained. In 2021, Pantano 'won the direct contracting for the installation of VAR with Paz's company, which was dedicated to agricultural construction based in Santiago del Estero,' concluded the city legislator. In the same complaint, an unauthorized helipad is also mentioned. 'The link with AFA is through Pantano, who is president of the Argentine Civil Association of Futsal and Beach Soccer, a member of AFA.' According to Del Gaiso, Pantano's mother 'until two years ago sewed to survive,' however, she suddenly 'started buying luxury cars' and became the owner of multi-million dollar assets, for example, the house in the gated community of Pilar, property which is the center of the complaint initiated by the three Civic Coalition members. The 105,000-square-meter property is valued at approximately 10 million dollars, and although it is registered in the name of the limited liability company of Conte and her son, it is suspected to belong to Tapia and Toviggino. He described both as a 'mafia duo.' However, Del Gaiso pointed out that 'the system of impunity and silence that protected AFA has collapsed.' 'What happened in Rosario (Central) was the last straw, but the issues of match-fixing in favor of Barracas Central were also too evident... new evidence appears every day,' he explained. He added that 'Judge (Daniel) Rafecas received documentation from ARBA proving that Real Central is the real owner of the Pilar property and also the owner of the cars and other real estate. I think the investigation is just beginning and it's the tip of an iceberg, where there is a web of companies and possibly front men linked to Chiqui Tapia.' 'At any moment, a repentant person may appear who can provide more information to the case,' he added. This accusation also involves the alleged front men Luciano Pantano and his mother, Ana Conte, owners of Real Central SRL.
