Celestina Pereira, owner of the Tropical II bar in Porto, was sentenced this Wednesday to eight and a half years in prison for withdrawing more than 220,000 euros from 32 customers, seducing them with sex over the Internet and cheating in bar operations. ATM of the institution.
“And always with the same goal: to clear bank accounts. I have never seen such a desire to get to the bottom of the pot,” said judge Joao Grilo Amaral.
Sandra, an employee who was considered Celestina’s right hand, was sentenced to five and a half years in prison. The son of the owner of the alterna-bar received three years probation, her husband and another employee will serve two and a half years.
Celestina wept when she heard the judge. The tears didn’t convince him: “I said here: ‘Don’t let me die in prison’, but when I drew these sums of money, did you think about it? You had no shame,” he said.
Author: Manuel Jorge Bento
Source: CM Jornal
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