ormer Diego Maradona lawyer Matías Morla was indicted, and his assets were seized on Thursday evening in the case investigating potential fraud regarding the football star’s name and brand.
The legal measures also affected Morla’s brother-in-law, Maximiliano Pomargo, and Maradona’s sisters, Rita and Claudia. The sum total of their assets is valued at AR$2,000 (US$1.3 million at the official rate). No arrest warrants have been issued.
The case started in March 2025, following a complaint filed by two of the former footballer’s daughters, Dalma and Giannina. They accused Morla, Pomargo, and others of fraud after Maradona signed a contract that relinquished control of his trademark to Morla through the company Sattvica S.A.
The former star’s five heirs claim Maradona at the time was unfit to sign the contract, and therefore it was done to their detriment. Morla and the other defendants were originally acquitted, but Maradona’s daughters appealed the initial ruling.
Morla and Pomargo stand accused of being co-conspirators to commit fraud. Maradona’s sisters, on the other hand, are being considered “necessary participants” in the crime, meaning that their involvement was required in order for the scheme to work.
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Diego Maradona’s former lawyer’s assets seized in name trademark dispute
