Receive a transfer of approximately 3,000 euros an unexpected joy in reckoning, but If this money is requested, it must be returned.. Failure to do so may result in a penalty. water seller embezzlementas happened to a neighbor Zaragoza.
The source of this substantial amount was none other than Zaragoza’s 10th Civil Court of First Instance. Accidentally hacked into the bank account of a neighbor of the capital of Aragon 2,824.15 Euros. It was the court clerk himself who discovered the error and wrote a letter requesting that the court in question return these euros by wire transfer within 10 days. ignored this request. He even took out the money and spent it.
For all these reasons, the Criminal Court No. 11 of Zaragoza, Minor embezzlement to pay a fine of 960 euros and to return the money that entered and that did not correspond to it to its rightful owner.
The judge draws attention to the fact that it can be deduced from the evidence taken that the events took place as described. It is true, as defense attorney Carmen Sánchez Herrero claims. It was a court error however, “it was seen that the court informed the defendant upon detecting the error in question. personally asked to return because now it has corresponded to the whistleblower”.
Be aware
“Although initially condemned I may not know it was a mistake, The court informed him of this and therefore, from that moment on, he was aware that it did not belong to him, and despite this situation, he did not perform the act and return it. judgmental absurd remarks, addressing him as if he had spent unstable economic situation“, approved the judge who signed the sentence. At the time this economic move took place, there was only 218 euros. An amount that was immediately confiscated.
The defendant’s lawyer, this 2,824.15 euros It should have been returned to the complainant through the judicial process. It in no way affects the fact of the prosecution, which would prevent the rightful owner of the money from accusing him of an ultimately insignificant crime of embezzlement.
Nowadays There are more than 4 million euros sent to Spanish courtsAccording to the Justice Administration’s General Directorate of Economic Resources. Fluctuating as there are constant capital inflows and outflows, approximately 2 million movements per quarter, but average daily balance for years, more than 4,000 millionAccording to the data collected in the balance sheets of the General Assembly of Judges, it has even exceeded 5,000 million at certain times.
this lack of means of administration of justiceOn the one hand, on the other hand, the lack of diligence of some courts caused large sums to be blocked in these accounts for years.