Madrid. (Reuters) -. Jordi Pujol Ferrusola , eldest son of the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, allegedly took millions in commissions by advise and mediate on public works Catalan dependent Executive, according to a police report submitted to the National Court Judge, Pablo Ruz.
Research Sources explained that the report of the UDEF (Unit Economic and Financial Crime) delivered last June 13 Judge Ruz details numerous transactions he suspected were actually charging illegal fees, but does not make an estimate of the amount received by any identified transactions. One case report detailing the police are amounts received in connection with the reform of the Granvia L’Hospitalet de Llobregat (Barcelona), public works agencies draft tendered by the Catalan government.
In 2002 a joint venture (consortium) consisting of a large construction and COPISA Group, owned by Jordi Pujol, got the award of the project, which had an initial amount of 90 million euros approximate. These works were granted when he was Minister of Territorial Policy and Public Works Felip Puig, Jordi Puig brother, who participates with Pujol Ferrusola in varied business “left major benefits to both,” according to sources.
The police report notes, however, that the direct connection of the award of the project L’Hospitalet “to illicit gains that are presumed to be engendered is not possible because there are no documents that indicate what” and meaningless claim them to companies involved, the sources added.However, UDEF says his experience in previous research indicates that these circumstances are “salvageable” as revealed in the investigation of the Palau de la Música case. In the documents seized in that case was observed, the report quoted the sources, a builder had made deferred in time for awards and tenders that had occurred well in advance, based on a percentage payments diverted “to the individual enrichment and financing of a political party. “
According to sources, the report of the Judge having UDEF Ruz also relates how another company Ferrusola Pujol, Marketing Project CAT, 154,048 euros in turnover 2008 and 2009 EMTE SA, which is responsible Carles Sumarroca, linked to the president of the Generalitat Jordi Pujol and whose companies have had great business income of the public sphere.
The documentation obtained by the Police indicated that the company claimed Jordi Pujol Ferrusola that amount for consulting services for the eventual implementation of EMTE in Mexico or any of its subsidiaries. Although the police did not discredit that business really existed, the judge said that has not achieved any data sufficient to verify that such work EMTE replied that no invoices or documents. The same goes for other businesses in which it has intervened president’s son, whose work is, according to UDEF, in information on possible business and run a “personalistic management” through companies that do not have any social worker or based .
From the investigation, the police concluded that Pujol Ferrusola would offer expertise in various fields such as real estate brokerage in different parts of the Spanish geography (Madrid, L’Hospitalet, Terrassa and Albacete), the business of oil refineries and the development of photovoltaic plants. It also highlights his performance as a specialist in buying and selling of shares in companies, both domestic and international, ranging from construction to operation of a residential golf club broker.
The National Court Judge Pablo Ruz has been cited by 15 September Ferrusola Jordi Pujol and his wife Mercè Gironès, to testify as defendants in the case in which being investigated for money laundering and offenses against the Treasury. According to research, Pujol Ferrusola moved 32.4 million euros in thirteen countries, including Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Gabon, Liechtenstein, between 2004 and 2012.
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