Argentina's Football Association (AFA) has denied reports that president Claudio Tapia or treasurer Pablo Toviggino have been summoned to give evidence in a Florida court.
Reports in Argentina claimed that, as part of an investigation by the U.S. authorities into AFA-linked commercial contracts, FBI agents detained Tapia and Toviggino at New York's JFK Airport on Monday morning before they boarded a flight to Buenos Aires following the World Cup final.
According to the Miami Herald, the FBI is investigating third-party sponsorship receipts allegedly through the U.S. banking system with remittance companies to top AFA executives and associates in Argentina for their personal use.
The Miami Herald reports that no formal charges have been filed in the United States in connection with the AFA probe.
"It is completely untrue to claim that Claudio Tapia or Pablo Toviggino have been summoned to give evidence by the U.S. courts, just as it is untrue to claim that their mobile phones or any other electronic devices have been seized," an AFA statement said on Wednesday.
AFA did acknowledge that a third party has been summoned "to appear before a U.S. grand jury and potentially provide evidence about several people, including officials from the organization."
However, it did not name the third party.
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"The document in question does not provide for any measures specifically concerning the AFA President or its Treasurer; it does not order them to appear; it does not impose any procedural obligations on them; nor does it record any proceedings for the seizure or confiscation of their properties."
An Argentina delegation, led by Tapia, landed in Buenos Aires on Monday afternoon following the team's 1-0 extra-time defeat to Spain in Sunday's World Cup final in New Jersey.
