The court magistrate leading the investigation into the Barcelona corruption case involving payments to former CTA vice president Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira has found himself in trouble over another investigation. Judge Joaquin Aguirre has been charged with legal fraud in the Operation Volhov investigation.
The case linked pro-independence Catalan politicians to Russian authorities and attempted to try several figures, including former president Carles Puigdemont, on terrorism charges. However, the case was dropped after Aguirre was accused of legal fraud.
According to MD, the Court accused Aguirre of using “imaginative alternatives” to put Puigdemont and his company on trial for terrorism, ignoring legal direction and allowing personal opinions and his own view of events to influence the legal process.
This obviously does not mean that there is an unwanted process in the Negreira case; Barcelona have failed to satisfactorily make their payments of over €8 million to Negreira. The investigation accuses Barcelona of corruption and bribery in the sport, although the latter appears less likely to be prosecuted as it would require a ruling that Negreira was an official.
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