Patricia Bullrich reports Tapia and Toviggino to Conmebol ethics panel | OneFootball

The national senator for La Libertad Avanza (LLA), Patricia Bullrich, filed a complaint this Monday against the president of the AFA, Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia, and the treasurer of the entity, Pablo Toviggino, before the CONMEBOL Ethics Committee.

The former Minister of Security described the actions of both accused as “mafia-like” and asserted that these kinds of activities “taint” Argentine football.

“With the mansions, Ferraris, and all that dirty money we keep seeing on the news, I ask myself: Where is the money coming in from advertising and from the National Team? Why are the prizes for the champions lower than Tapia’s flights around the world? Sur Finanzas managing club debts in exchange for favors and votes? What’s going on with contracts awarded to their own companies? And the withholding of contributions?” she questioned on her social media.

In the document, Bullrich stated that both Tapia and Toviggino are under scrutiny by the courts for “alleged violations of the CONMEBOL Ethics Committee,” and that all the actions they are accused of go against “integrity” and “transparency.”

“The list of irregularities and shady money management is endless. If they do it, they have to pay. Period,” the senator concluded.

The Complaint

The text presented by Bullrich states that the events involving Tapia and Toviggino “show possible unresolved conflicts of interest” and coincide “temporally and materially” with ongoing judicial investigations “for alleged money laundering, tax evasion, and concealment of assets.”

“This set of circumstances seriously compromises the standards of integrity, transparency, and good governance required by CONMEBOL of its member associations,” the senator states in the document.

She also pointed out that there is an ongoing judicial investigation “analyzing maneuvers related to the acquisition, administration, and possession of assets of extremely high economic value”, through commercial companies “allegedly used as intermediary asset structures” by the accused.

“Given that the events involve the leadership of one of CONMEBOL’s most relevant member associations, and are linked to financial flows, contracts, and institutional relationships that go beyond the strictly local sphere, there is a direct impact on the integrity, credibility, and reputation of the South American football system, which justifies the intervention of the Ethics Tribunal as the body guaranteeing these values. For all these reasons, the CONMEBOL Ethics Tribunal is fully competent to address, investigate, and, if necessary, sanction the reported conduct,” the document concludes.

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