A judge appointment to testify as a defendant to the Catalan president … – Terra Peru

A judge appointment to testify as a defendant to the Catalan president … – Terra Peru

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December 16, 2014 • 14:12

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The judge investigating the fortunes of the family of former President of Catalonia (northeast) Jordi Pujol quoted today to testify as accused in a case of tax fraud and money laundering to the old 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 on the grounds that there is evidence 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 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 they were the ones who, last July, regularized funds from Andorra through the Banco de Madrid and the Catalan president since, in his 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 at the moment, you can not link the fortunes of Pujol to kickbacks for awarding public works of the Generalitat, but notes that “no longer suspect that the funds come from a heritage of over thirty years back on which no documentation (…) “is provided.

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

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