US authorities are investigating suspicious AFA transfers tied to TourProdEnter, with $40 million allegedly diverted

Guillermo Tofoni says a confidential FBI inquiry and three US prosecutors are looking into suspected money laundering, tax evasion, and bank fraud linked to financial flows between Miami-based TourProdEnter and the AFA. For payment providers, the point is obvious: once sponsor money moves through US banks and Florida entities, the paper trail becomes an investigation trail.

1. Tofoni said on TN’s ¿La Ves? that “there is a confidential investigation,” and described it as impossible to dismiss. He did not confirm whether he was interviewed last week in Miami by FBI agents and federal prosecutor Michael Berger, saying only that he had traveled to the United States to take part in a seminar at the Interamerican Institute for Democracy.
2. According to Tofoni, the discovery obtained in US court would show the diversion of about $40 million out of more than $300 million collected by TourProdEnter. He said the documents underpin investigations opened in Argentina and in the United States, and stressed that the financial movements have “traceability,” meaning they can be followed by day, hour, and route.
3. Tofoni obtained the discovery after filing a fraud case against the AFA over the cancellation of a contract to organize friendly matches for the national team, a deal that had a termination date in 2030. That civil case is what opened the door to the US material now being used in the broader inquiry.
4. Former UIF vice president María Eugenia Talerico told Clarín that the transfers and diversions from TourProdEnter to different destinations, after payments from Adidas and Warner, could fit categories such as money laundering, tax evasion, or bank fraud. The Miami Herald added that the matter drew US attention because the transactions involved US banks and entities registered in Florida.
5. Adidas and other sponsors of the Argentine national team deposited funds into TourProdEnter accounts at Bank of America, Synovus Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, and Citibank. The article says roughly $40 million then appears to have been diverted to linked entities including Marmasch LLC, Soagu Services LLC, and Velpas.

For PSPs and acquirers, this is the kind of structure that turns into a compliance headache fast: sponsor payments, US correspondent banks, Florida-registered companies, and follow-on transfers to related entities. Once those pieces line up, the questions stop being about sports marketing and start being about transaction tracing, source of funds, and bank exposure.