Gaia’s “deputy” and contractors earn millions of euros in “gloves”

In the now famous indictment, prosecutors accuse Gaya’s “former deputy” of five crimes of passive corruption, four crimes of malfeasance, one economic participation in a business, one peddling of influence, one abuse of power and one crime of money. money laundering and four offenses of unlawfully obtaining or offering an advantage.

It was proposed that the defendants’ assets be seized to try to secure compensation for the government. “It is highly likely that, upon learning of the amounts being promulgated to be declared to the government, these defendants will quickly attempt to spend, hide or move the amounts held in bank accounts by squandering them, transferring them to third parties or concealing them.” their assets to avoid being deprived of them,” say prosecutors, who ordered the seizure of eight bank accounts belonging to Patrocinho Azevedo, 27 to Elad, 60 to Paulo Malafaya and nine to João Lopez. Several luxury properties were also confiscated from the defendants, as well as a significant fleet of dozens of vehicles, such as Porches and BMWs.

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DELIVERY DELAY
The charge was handed over to the accused in jail only on Friday, almost 15 days after it was filed. The reason was the confiscation of assets requested by the prosecutor’s office, which led to a delay in notification.

Two in jail
Patrocinho Azevedo and Paulo Malafaya remain in pre-trial detention more than a year after being detained by Porto police. Lawyer Joao Lopez is at home, and Elad Dror has posted bail in the amount of 600 thousand euros.