Buenos Aires, December 16 (NA) – The Economic Crimes Judge Marcelo Aguinsky requested this Tuesday a series of evidence-gathering measures regarding the estate in Pilar attributed to Pablo Toviggino, the AFA's treasurer and a close ally of the association's president, Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia, within a money laundering case. According to sources from the judicial branch, the magistrate made requests to insurance companies, the National Vehicle Registration Directorate (DNRA), and GPS and telepass companies regarding the cars on the estate. He also made the same request to internet, cable, and cellular companies for the residence. The Federal Criminal and Correctional Chamber ruled last week that the National Economic Crimes Court No. 10 must continue the investigation for alleged money laundering involving Nicolás Pantano and Ana Lucía Conte, accused of acquiring a property in Pilar through the company Real Central S.R.L. without sufficient financial backing. The conflict of jurisdiction arose after federal judge Daniel Rafecas declared himself incompetent and referred the case to the economic criminal jurisdiction, whose interim magistrate rejected the intervention and returned the file. Raid on the estate linked to AFA leaders: 45 luxury cars and 7 motorcycles were found. Chamber I upheld that the facts, for the time being, fall under the crime stipulated in article 303 of the Penal Code and that, since there are no elements that justify the intervention of the federal criminal jurisdiction, the case must be processed in the economic criminal jurisdiction, specialized in economic and financial matters.
