The president of the Argentine soccer parent company spent just over an hour before judge Diego Amarante, left a letter and refused to answer questions
The president of the Argentine Football Association (AFA), Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, appeared this Thursday morning at the courts to provide an investigative statement in the case investigating the alleged undue withholding of taxes and social security contributions of more than 19.3 billion pesos
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Like the institution's treasurer and right hand man, Pablo Toviggino, and other leaders involved in the case, the boss filed a letter and refused to answer questions from the judge. Beyond this, Tapia once again insisted that he be allowed to leave the country, requesting a more lax permit every time he has to travel, instead of having to explain the details of his schedule in each request
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After just over an hour, the leader finished his presentation and spoke briefly to the media present. “We did what the judge wanted, so we were summoned,” he said. In addition, he referred to the situation of the Final Final: “We are going to get to work because Spain wants it to be played in Spain and I want it to be played
The statement of the president of the AFA was the last of the investigations provided for in the file.
Previously, treasurer Pablo Toviggino, general manager Gustavo Lorenzo, current general secretary Cristian Malaspina and former general secretary Víctor Blanco had already declared.
With the presentation of Tapia, Judge Amarante will be able to define the procedural situation of the defendants and will have ten business days to decide whether to prosecute them, dictate lack of merit or dismiss them. If the existence of a crime is determined, the penalties can range from 2 to 6 years in prison.
The arrival
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Tapia arrived minutes before 11 o'clock in court and was guarded by police officers as he descended from a white Toyota SW4 van. The agents formed a security corridor to allow him to enter the judicial building, where Economic Criminal Judge Diego Amarante waited for him
. Tapia appeared before the courts
Before entering, he gave no statements and merely asked that the journalists and cameramen present let him pass to enter the building on Avenida de los Immigrantes in
