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Spain's biggest corruption trial ends with 53 people convicted | World news | theguardian.com

Spain's largest-ever corruption trial has ended with a former adviser at Marbella town hall sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined €240m (£203m) for his role in masterminding a network of real estate fraud and bribery.
Former urban planning adviser Juan Antonio Roca was among 53 people convicted in the Costa del Sol resort after a two-year trial that involved former mayors, numerous town councillors and a German aristocrat.
The convictions centred around a cash-for-votes scandal - known as the Malaya case - that saw around €670m paid in bribes from municipal funds over three years in the mid-1990s.
The scheme, which extended across political parties, began when Jesús Gil, the former owner of Atlético de Madrid football club who died in 2006, was mayor of Marbella between 1991 and 2002.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Sat Oct 5th, 2013 at 05:48:44 AM EST
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At least somewhere there have been prosecutions for financial fraud.

"It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Sat Oct 5th, 2013 at 08:56:00 AM EST
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5-6 October 2013 | 92 comments (92 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)