Justice has expanded the investigation into the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and is now analyzing the legitimacy of the 30% plus 10% for logistics commission received by TourProdEnter LLC, owned by Javier Horacio Faroni, due to the lack of proven management by the firm.
The investigation also covers eight accounts in five US banks and transfers to AC Perugia, a club linked to Faroni. The General Inspectorate of Justice has requested oversight of the AFA due to 'serious irregularities' in the financial statements, which only register 13 million dollars of these revenues.
Raids at the AFA headquarters and Faroni's residence in Nordelta, summonses for the Faroni-Gillette couple, and the ratification of Guillermo Tofoni as a complainant complete a scenario under scrutiny for alleged fraudulent administration, fraud, and money laundering.
Neither the AFA nor those involved have responded to the new judicial requests.
«The internal staff handles the sales, the activations, and the actions with sponsors,» he stated, in expressions that Faroni's defense did not deny.
However, the contract signed on December 9, 2021, by Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia and Pablo Toviggino granted TourProdEnter the worldwide exclusivity of collection and a 30% commission on income generated abroad, plus an additional 10% for logistics.
Since then, Faroni's firm and his wife Erica Gillette have managed over 400 million dollars after Qatar 2022.
The second discovery delivered by the Delaware Justice also revealed an account at PNC Bank, in Pittsburgh, opened in May 2024 with Javier Faroni's signature, through which USD 13,554,200.64 circulated.
Buenos Aires, February 28 (NA) – Justice has expanded the investigation into the AFA and is now analyzing the legitimacy of the 30% plus 10% for logistics commission that TourProdEnter LLC, of Javier Horacio Faroni, receives, due to the lack of proven management by the firm.
The case no longer only investigates alleged million-dollar diversions to ghost companies, but questions what specific task Faroni performed to justify the 30% of international income if, according to the AFA's Marketing and Commercial Manager, Leandro Petersen, all management is carried out by the internal team.
Petersen stated in public statements and before the Justice that the call to global sponsors such as Adidas, Warner, Socios.com, Assist Card, and Cotti Coffee, the negotiation and signing of contracts, brand activations, and the organization of friendly matches are exclusive tasks of the AFA's Marketing and Commercial area.
Of that total, USD 3,171,800 were transferred to five ghost companies —Soagu, Marmasch, Delker, Velpasalt, and Mafer— based in Miami/Doral and later dissolved after the first journalistic publications.
Judicial sources confirmed to the Argentine News Agency that the new axis of the research focuses on the possible lack of real consideration by TourProdEnter, which could configure a 'fictitious intermediation rate' to channel funds.
