Former President of Barça Sandro Rossell exercised his right not to testify The case he faced in a court in Barcelona Defrauding 230,591 Euros tax authorities in 2012he uses a self-managed company to charge for his professional services.
Rosell, for whom the prosecution demanded a prison sentence, two years and nine months in prisonrefused to answer the parties’ questions, including his defense “on the advice of his lawyers”, citing his testimony four years earlier in the investigation into the case. Desire to defraud the Treasury. The public ministry accuses Rosell of committing a crime against the public treasury and wants her to be ordered to pay him a compensation. 300.000 € fine and was banned from receiving subsidies or public assistance and tax incentives for three years.
The Prosecutor’s Office is applying to the ex-president of Barça for a mitigation remedy to repair the damage, as he returned a total of 287,911 euros, corresponding to the fee plus interest defrauded to the Treasury in June 2019.
Rosell will meet next month Another attempt to be signed in October NeymarA case in which the prosecution sought a five-year prison sentence for interpersonal corruption and fraud due to the irregular signing of the Brazilian football player by FC Barcelona in 2013.
Barça’s ex-president left too long two-year detention By order of the National Court, he was charged with laundering the audio-visual rights of 24 matches of the Brazilian football team and commissions of up to 20 million euros received for his contract with Nike, a case in which he was acquitted in 2019.
Contemplating running for mayor of Barcelona, the defendant sued former commissioner José Manuel Villarejo last week to clarify whether the reason why he was imprisoned for nearly two years was the result of a police scheme in the frame. The so-called Operation Catalonia.