Inaki Urdangarin , son of King emeritus Juan Carlos and main accused in a macro trial for corruption, said Thursday that the Spanish Royal Family knew the business of the Institute Nóos, by which he is suspected of having embezzled millions of euros.
He married Cristina de Borbon, second daughter of Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain, Urdangarin , Olympic exmedallista handball turned-businessman, presided over the agency, officially non-profit, between 2003 and 2006.
the prosecution accuses him of using his influence as a member of the royal family to get together with his former partner Diego Torres, million-dollar contracts without public bidding of two regional government and divert after the money through shell companies.
Paradigm corruption angers the Spaniards this case, one of the scandals that led to the abdication in 2014 of Juan Carlos I in favor of his son Felipe VI, attracts great media interest since the 17 defendants began to testify in February before a court in Palma de Mallorca in the Balearic islands.
the latest to do so is the Infanta Cristina, accused of tax fraud and that both her husband and Torres strove exonerate, while claimed to have communicated all its activities responsible for the Casa del Rey and Carlos Garcia Revenga, personal exsecretario of the two daughters of the monarch.
“Do you Participated in addition to Mr. Garcia Revenga, as already stated, his majesty the king his work? “he asked Urdangarin Thursday the lawyer of the popular accusation, exerted by the far-right organization Manos Limpias.
He was alluding to an email sent to Juan Carlos I for his son, and presented as evidence even though the court had rejected, explaining one of the initiatives Nóos: a three-day conference on sport, held in 2004, 2005 and 2006 , by which the conservative government of Valencia paid more than three million euros.
“Yes, he communicated to what was my project,” he said Urdagarin , visibly upset before the three judges denied to the lawyer’s questioning on this document.
Urdangarin said however that “at no time” king Juan Carlos interceded in their business.
in earlier days, Torres was ensuring that the Royal House and Treasury official overseeing the activity of Nóos
. Source: AFP
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