Argentine authorities have seized assets belonging to two of Diego Maradona’s sisters, his former lawyer Matias Morla, and three others over allegations of fraudulent management of the late football legend’s brand, according to a ruling obtained by AFP.

The Buenos Aires appellate court indicted Morla and two of his assistants for alleged mismanagement of Maradona’s assets, while sisters Rita and Claudia Maradona and a notary were prosecuted as accomplices.

The court ordered the seizure of assets worth $1.34 million (2 billion pesos) from all the accused.

Maradona’s children maintain that his brand and its subsidiaries should have reverted to them following his death in 2020 at age 60. The ruling states that Morla’s brand management business was merely a “front,” and that Maradona retained control of his assets until his passing — meaning ownership should have transferred directly to his heirs.

The case was first initiated in 2021 when Maradona’s daughters, Dalma and Giannina, accused Morla and his associates of fraud. His other children later joined the legal battle.

Maradona, widely regarded as one of football’s greatest players, died of heart failure and acute pulmonary edema two weeks after undergoing brain surgery in November 2020.

Separately, a retrial is pending in another case to determine whether medical negligence contributed to his death, after the original trial was scrapped in May when the presiding judge recused herself over ties to a clandestine documentary.