La Spanish Prosecutor's Office has decided to denounce il Barcelona for corruption regarding the payments carried out by the Catalans on the former vice-president of referees Jose Maria Enriquez NegreiraThis is what the newspaper reports El País.
La complaint indicates the club and the former president as responsible Josep Maria Bartomeu and the members of his entourage, responsible for the payments, and the same Negreira, which would have received, from 2001 to 2018, 7 million euros from Barcelona.
Barça under investigation for payments to former vice-president referees
Il Barcelona is under investigation since it was revealed that the club had paid millions of dollars over several years to a company owned by the vice-president of the Spanish federation's referees' committee. payments under investigation fall within the scope of a tax investigation into the company.
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Barcelona's defense against the accusations
Il Barcelona said it had hired an independent firm to carry out its own investigation. The Spanish league had said the sporting sanctions against the Barcelona they are not possible because the limitation periods for the irregularities have expired.
Other clubs in the Spanish league had expressed concern about those payments. The Barcelona He denied any wrongdoing or conflict of interest, saying he paid for technical reports on referees but never sought to influence their decisions during matches.
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