The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Iñaki Urdangarin acknowledge tomorrow Eight offenses punishable by 15 years in prison . The prosecutor Pedro Horrach attributed to the Duke of Palma in its final offenses of corruption, embezzlement of public funds, fraud management, money laundering, forgery of documents, forgery of a commercial document and two tax crimes prosecution.
For his part, attributed to his former partner Diego Torres the same offenses that the husband of the Infanta Cristina but only accuse him of a crime against the Treasury. Therefore, he asked to be convicted of seven counts: one less than Urdangarin.
The representative of the Attorney also accuse women of Torres, Ana María Tejeiro, a crime of money laundering and exonerate, as previously announced to the Infanta Cristina.
However, the prosecutor considers both responsible for profit raster linked to the Institute “nonprofit” Nóos. Therefore, the two must deal with the return of public funds of illicit origin of those who arranged for his personal use. In the case of Cristina de Borbón, that figure will be around half a million euros.
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor has finally ruled Urdangarin and Torres accused of a crime of influence peddling and it considers incompatible with attribution Fraud Administration and has chosen to incorporate both money laundering, on which he had been hesitating months ago.
Another of the great innovations of the indictment Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, with which an end to the investigation of the case is brought, will be the tougher prison sentences against former president of the Balearic Government , Jaume Matas, which he considers “repeat “to be already convicted of some offenses that are to be attributed to the Urdangarin case. And the same consideration of “repeat” will be interested applied to Miguel Angel Bonet , former legal adviser to the Balearic Institute of Tourism (Ibatur), an entity that illegally financed the activities of the husband of the Infanta . Cristina
Moreover, the prosecutor plans to file Horrach file actions to, among others, Deputy Mayor of Valencia, Alfonso Grau ; the brother of Diego Torres and former secretary of the Institute Nóos, Miguel Tejeiro ; the figurehead who used Urdangarin and Torres to put public funds in tax havens such as Belize and Luxembourg, Salvador Trinxet ; and former CFO of Candidacy Madrid 2016, Gerardo Corral .
As revealed WORLD, fiscal Horrach has offered in recent weeks the Duke of Palma the possibility to reach a deal with the considerably lower its request for conviction in his indictment. The latest proposal consisted Anticorruption taking a sentence of six years in prison, which inevitably involve incarceration and return the bulk of the allegedly embezzled public funds.
In total, six million euros, which is the figure that irregularly awarded the governments of Valencia and the Balearic Islands to Nóos by organizing various lecture.
The money, as it has been already proved in court, was not intended for the organization of events, and the vast majority was deflected by false invoices to a corporate network hatched by Urdangarin and Torres , where the Aizoon screen, 50% owned by the Duke of Palma and his wife society was. With the funds already available, primarily responsible for the plot, which used an entity theoretically nonprofit as a cover, coasted all personal expenses.
So, The Dukes of Palma coasted under Aizoon, ie, public funds raised by Nóos, reform and equipping your Barcelona residence, the famous palace of Pedralbes . But also covered birthday parties for their children and even private dance classes.
After committing to give an answer to the prosecution, lawyers Duke of Palma remained unanswered at this time to Prosecutor . Also, defending Urdangarin has not yet deposited in court the amount of the tax evasion of the Duke of Palma, 337,000 euros money, despite having reported in recent weeks his determination to do so. In the event that Urdangarin betray late these funds in the Court of Instruction No. 3 of Palma , Anticorruption Prosecutor apply the corresponding Mitigation in its request for sentence.
To whom it does apply fiscal Horrach and confession are mitigating factors by the former CEO of Sports of the Balearic Government, José Luis Ballester Pepote; the former head of Ibatur, Juan Carlos Alia, and its legal advisor Miguel Angel Bonet; and former director of the Illesport Foundation, Gonzalo Bernal. They have already decided to agree with the prosecution, confess irregularities in public contracts awarded to Urdangarin order of Matas, and are committed to repay part of distracted money.
With this letter in his power, Judge Jose Castro will issue in the coming weeks the car for trial , with which the cause will already pending that day and hour stated in the Court of Palma to be held the hearing.
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