The report called ‘forensics‘ on the management of the previous directive of the Barcelona football club has detected “serious criminal conduct” that have been reported to the prosecution, said the club’s lawyer, Jaume Campaner.
“It is not about qualifying the management of the previous board as better or worse, it is not that. It is about transferring to the competent authority that investigates crimes, which represses these behaviors, a series of very serious criminal behaviors”said Campaner at the presentation of this report.
The audit, carried out by the specialized agency Krol, mainly detected “payments without cause, payments with false cause and disproportionate payments, it is an unfair attitude and it could not be ruled out that there was unjust enrichment”, indicated the Barça president, Joan Laporta.
This report is a consequence of the audit made public last October and commissioned by the current management of the club upon its arrival last March to know the economic situation of the club.
In this audit they detected “doubtful operations that needed a more in-depth analysis”, Laporta explained.
The result was this new report, whose conclusions led to a complaint with the Barcelona prosecutor’s office, according to Campaner, which specified some problematic cases.
“We are talking about millions of dollars.” assured the lawyer, before specifying that there was “remuneration to intermediaries for services that do not exist or are much higher than the market”.
It was detected “the payment of a compensation of one and a half million euros so that third parties do not submit allegations to the modification of the General Metropolitan Plan, speaking colloquially, Barça bought the silence of certain people”, Campaner commented.
“There are very solid indications of an illegitimate payment of 15 million euros to another sports club, conveyed through a simulated scoring contract on certain young players.said Campaner stating that “again an important payment is made and the reason why is simulated”.
For Campaner, there have been crimes of misappropriation, unfair administration and false documents, but it will have to be the prosecution who decides if this has been the case.
“Who will determine the guilt will be the prosecution, we are here to clarify the factsLaporta said.
Source: Gestion
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