The president of the AFA, Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia, is facing a convergence of crises marking the most complex period of his management. He is facing a million-dollar money laundering complaint, and it has been confirmed that the entity used a falsified document to sanction a dissident club. According to Noticias Argentinas, the Federal Tax Authority (DGI) reported to the Justice system against the financial company Sur Finanzas SA—a company linked to Tapia that sponsors Barracas Central and the Professional League—for alleged evasion of the Check Tax and a massive asset laundering operation. The scandal involves 818,000 million pesos. The public exposure of Maximiliano Ariel Vallejo (vice president of Sur Finanzas), who shows his closeness to Tapia on social media and sponsors his club, intensifies scrutiny on the link between economic and sporting power. The financial problem adds to the administrative scandal known as "PDFgate." The legal team of Estudiantes is evaluating taking the matter to court for fraud, especially if the players who made the gesture are suspended. The DGI detected that the money came from a "marginal circuit," as transactions were made through the virtual wallet of Sur Finanzas by people who have no known economic activity or are very low-category monotributistas. The DGI estimates that the company evaded more than 3,300 million ARS in the concept of the Check Tax.
