Prosecutors accuse Barcelona of corruption in ref payments
BARCELONA, Spain — Prosecutors have formally accused Spanish soccer membership Barcelona of corruption due to its funds over a number of years to an organization that belonged to the vp of the nation’s refereeing committee.
The choice, made official on Friday, was reported earlier this week by Spanish newspaper El País. An investigating decide will now determine whether or not the accusations ought to result in costs.
Barcelona has been below scrutiny because the membership’s funds involving hundreds of thousands of {dollars} grew to become public. The funds have been initially investigated as a part of a tax probe into the corporate.
Prosecutors have now issued three accusations which embrace alleged corruption in sports activities and fraudulent administration. Another accusation associated to the alleged falsification of mercantile documentation.
Spanish soccer has been rocked in current weeks after it was revealed that Spain’s tax officers have been probing Barcelona’s cost of 1.4 million euros ($1.5 million) between 2016-18 to an organization belonging to former referee José María Enríquez Negreira, who was part of the Spanish soccer federation’s refereeing committee from 1994 to 2018.
Barcelona has constantly any wrongdoing or battle of curiosity, saying it paid for technical experiences on referees however by no means tried to affect their choices in video games.
Getting experiences on referees is frequent observe and golf equipment will pay different firms or have them ready internally, as Barcelona now does.
Media experiences mentioned the funds by Barcelona totaled greater than 7 million euros ($7.5 million) and that they began again in 2001. That situation would imply Barcelona paid Enríquez’s firm throughout completely different membership presidents, together with from 2003-10 below the primary time period of present president Joan Laporta, who once more took cost in 2021. Laporta, nevertheless, will not be being accused by the prosecutor and has denied any wrongdoing.
The accusations are towards Barcelona the membership, Enríquez, former Barcelona presidents Sandro Rosell and Josep Maria Bartomeu, and former Barcelona executives Óscar Grau and Albert Soler.
.acf-block-preview .br-related-links-wrapper {
show: grid;
grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
hole: 20px;
}
.acf-block-preview .br-related-links-wrapper a {
pointer-events: none;
cursor: default;
text-decoration: none;
coloration: black;
}
