As Argentina prepares for its massive World Cup quarterfinal matchup against Switzerland on Saturday in Kansas City, the country’s national soccer organization is under federal investigation in Miami for alleged money laundering, according to published media reports.
Citing sources close to the investigation, the Argentine daily newspaper, La Nación, and the Miami Herald each reported that U.S. federal investigators are examining the Argentine Football Association’s Miami branch’s transfers of more than $300 million through U.S. banks — and an accounting of how the money was spent.
La Nación, which first broke the story Wednesday, and the Herald reported the probe involves a Miami company called TourProdEnter LLC, which manages the AFA’s foreign sponsorships…