Defense of Marcos Benavent, former coach of Imelsa ‘money addict’ ask study embezzlement reform changes In the indictment prepared by the prosecutor’s office regarding the trial of those alleged to be zombies in Imelsa and Ciegsa, which started in the same month of January.
Legal sources tell Europa Press that embezzlement reform supported by PSOE and ERC May influence the charge against Benavent by the Public MinistryHe will sit on the dock for allegedly using Imelsa “for his own interests” and hiring workers “to respond to favors requested by third parties”.
The same sources indicate that legislative changes They will go into effect at the end of this week. They may also affect the imminent sentencing for another branch of the Imelsa case: thematic piece.
At the end of last June, Anti-Corruption requested Benavent to be sentenced to eight years and three months in prison for alleged irregularities in awards given to Thematica Events in one of the last hearings of the case.
First try for Imelsa
This is the first piece of Imelsa to be prosecuted, and in the same case, an indictment was filed on charges of giving prior notice, embezzlement of public money, forged commercial documents and official documents issued by government officials, contract fraud, and money laundering.
The fight against corruption frames these events within the framework of a “criminal operation” designed to allegedly divert public funds using public company Imelsa (now Divalterra), including the former “popular” director of that company, Marcos Benavent. President of Valencia City Council, Alfonso Rus.
The cited sources explain this Benavent’s defense awaits the sentencing of the Valencian Provincial Court, requesting a reconsideration of the sentence. regarding the crime of embezzlement.
It should be noted that embezzlement reform has three different assumptions: when there is a profit motive, the continuation of previous sentences (2 to 12 imprisonment and 6 to 20 disqualification); and two new types: one for “private use” non-profit (6 months to 3 years imprisonment and 1 year to 4 years disqualification) and the other for cases where the embezzler goes for a purpose other than the intended (1 to 4) years imprisonment and 2 to 6 years disqualification).