The legal battle between the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the Milei administration has intensified after they exchanged lawsuits on Thursday. The ARCA tax bureau accused Argentine football’s governing body of falsifying invoices, while the AFA filed a suit alleging abuse of authority.

As reported by newspaper La Nación, ARCA has accused the AFA of moving over AR$376 million (just over US$253,000) out of the country without proper documentation between 2023 and 2025. The ARCA reportedly detected the irregular cash flows during auditing and control procedures. They believe the transfers may be “designed to conceal the real destination of the money and violate existing fiscal control mechanisms.”

The lawsuit comes at a time when the AFA, led by Claudio “Chiqui” Tapia, has been in hot water over allegations of a string of financial misdeeds, including allegations that a

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