FC Barcelona and its former president Josep María Bartomeu will face trial for alleged corruption resulting in millionaire payments to former arbitration chief José María Enríquez Negreira, according to EFE, citing court sources.
The corruption case is the result of an investigation launched by the Barcelona prosecutor’s office about a year ago, which shows that the company of the former head of the Spanish arbitration received almost seven million euros for alleged verbal advice to the club between 2001 and 2018. .
The Attorney General of the Spanish state is now analyzing the prosecutor’s complaint, in which the Catalan club is permanently linked to a corruption crime in business.
Alleged tax violations committed by Negreira’s company in May 2022 revealed payments received by the former Vice President of the Arbitrators’ Technical Commission.
In addition to the allegedly corrupt leader of FC Barcelona, as a legal entity, its former president Josep Maria Bortomeu and other members of the board will answer for the facts in question.
“What is clear is that Barcelona have never bought referees and never intended to do so. Never! The power of facts is contrary to those who are trying to change history. We are strong again. All this is not accidental,” commented the incumbent president. , Joan Laporta.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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