A judge appointment to testify as a defendant to the Catalan president … – Caracol Radio

A judge appointment to testify as a defendant to the Catalan president … – Caracol Radio

Barcelona (Spain), December 16 (EFE) .- The judge investigating the fortunes of the family of former President of Catalonia (northeast) Jordi Pujol quoted today to testify as a defendant in a case of tax fraud and money laundering to former nationalist leader of that region, his wife and three sons.

Pujol, his wife, Marta Ferrusola, and their children, Marta, Mireia and Pere must appear as accused on January 27 to consider there are indications of such crimes and consider “suspicious” that their funds come from a heritage of over thirty years undocumented.

On July 25 Pujol issued a press release stating that it had regularized one money he had in offshore accounts, not encrypted, and apologized for his “mistake”, with the addition that in 34 years had not seen the right opportunity to legalize these funds, which then knew they were in Andorra.

The judge also decided to issue a letter rogatory Liechtenstein to have information on the investigation for money laundering a judge of that country has opened against Jordi Pujol and find out if the family have accounts there.

The judge quoted the wife and three children of Pujol because those last July, regularized funds from Andorra through the Banco de Madrid were, and Catalan president since, in its letter of confession, was responsible for this hidden fortune.

For the magistrate, “concealing assets abroad, even without knowing the amount, ownership, origin or management suggests the commission of a crime against the Treasury (…) and even money laundering can not be clarified whether the source of those funds. “

The judge believes that, for now, can not be linked the fortunes of the Pujol illegal for the award of public works of the Generalitat, commissions but notes that “no longer suspect that the funds come from a heritage of over thirty years ago on which does not provide any documentation (..

.) “.

A few months Pujol, emblem of Catalan nationalism and president of the region between 1980 and 2003 ago, said that the funds came from a large inheritance from his father.

In late September Pujol appeared in the regional parliament, where he denied illegal enrichment and defended his honesty corruption charges. EFE