FBI Investigates Argentina FA Over Alleged Money Laundering

The Argentina Football Association (AFA) is under investigation from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) over alleged involvement in money laundering.

This is according to Argentine newspaper La Nacion (via talkSPORT) WBO stated that the FBI’s investigation, which preliminarily began during 2025, has already begun to gather information by taking testimonies of the financial operations of the AFA, headed by Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia.

The investigation is being headed by federal prosecutors Patrick Gushue, who is part of the Justice Department’s Banking Integrity Unit, and Christopher Ting in Washington DC.

Michael Berger, who serves in the Southern District of Florida is also involved, and was part of the prosecution that convicted former Ecuadorian Comptroller General Carlos Ramón Polit Faggioni for money laundering in Miami.

Involving the channelling of hundreds of millions of dollars – an estimated $300 million in total – they are investigating whether any of these alleged operations could have resulted in crimes such as money laundering or fraud that may fall under U.S. jurisdiction.

La Nación report that one of those meetings was with businessman Guillermo Tofoni, which lasted three hours.

The FBI are reportedly also seeking witnesses who may hold direct knowledge of any involvements between the AFA during Tapia and Pablo Toviggino’s tenure at the forefront of the footballing federation.

The FBI are also reportedly weighing up the decision of whether to speak with former officials from President Javier Milei’s government.

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This is because they may have had access to sensitive AFA information while overseeing operations with the company TourProdEnter LLC, owned by theater producer Javier Faroni, during the period allegedly under investigation.

This LLC served as a collection agent for the contracts that the AFA signed with sponsors and other third party companies.

According to documentation obtained and intricately analyzed by the Argentine newspaper, Faroni and his wife Erica Gillette are alleged to have moved hundreds of millions of dollars through bank accounts opened in five of the United States’ financial entities.

This is said to include Citibank, Synovus, Bank of America, JP Morgan and PNC Bank.

The documents have shown that TourProdEnter LLC managed at least $260 million in revenue from the AFA, though only a small portion of these can be directly linked to the operating expenses during Tapia’s reign that stems back to 2017.

Another $57 million has reportedly been distributed out to various people and companies, though the documentation doesn’t outline any specific – nor valid – reason as to why they paid out that money.