{"id":81226,"date":"2025-11-18T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/laporta-barcelona-president-investigated-for-alleged-fraud-court-reopens-case\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:00:08","slug":"laporta-barcelona-president-investigated-for-alleged-fraud-court-reopens-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/laporta-barcelona-president-investigated-for-alleged-fraud-court-reopens-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Laporta, Barcelona President, Investigated for Alleged Fraud: Court Reopens Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Investigation Reopened Against Laporta and Yuste for Alleged Fraud<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Barcelona Court has ordered the reopening of the investigation against Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, and Rafael Yuste, vice president, after admitting a lawsuit filed by an investor. The plaintiff alleges to have lost 100,000 euros in projects linked to both directors.\n\nThis judicial decision reverses the previous case filing and obliges new proceedings to determine if the complainant was a victim of a possible &#8220;criminalized business&#8221;.\n\nThe complainant, represented by lawyer Pepe Oriola, also directs accusations against Xavier Sala i Mart\u00edn, former director of the club, and against the former director of TV3 and former owner of CF Reus Deportiu. In addition, she claims responsibilities from the companies in which she invested.\n\nThis case is added to three previous complaints related to investments in the company CSSB Limited, based in Hong Kong, where Laporta already testified as investigated in January.\n\nInitially, the now-reopened lawsuit was dismissed in June, as the Prosecutor&#8217;s Office considered that there were no clear indications of deception, attributing the failure of the investment to poor management and breach of contractual agreements.\n\nHowever, the Court considers that the previous files were produced without exhausting the necessary diligence, calling these decisions &#8220;premature&#8221;.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Possible indications of crime<\/h2>\n\n\nThe court points out that the complaint describes facts that could have &#8220;criminal significance&#8221;, highlighting:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lack of precise information about the actual destination of the funds.<\/li>\n<li>Use of companies with serious economic problems to channel the investment.<\/li>\n<li>Raising capital based on the public reputation of those involved.<\/li>\n<li>Promises of business solvency that did not match reality.<\/li>\n<li>Agreements presented as participations or participatory loans that, in practice, functioned as simple loans.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nAccording to the court, these elements could exceed the scope of civil law and point towards behaviors consistent with fraud or fraudulent administration.\n\nThe cause will return to instruction to complete the investigation and determine if the facts warrant a formal prosecution of those involved.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigation Reopened Against Laporta and Yuste for Alleged Fraud The Barcelona Court has ordered the reopening of the investigation against Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona, and Rafael Yuste, vice president, after admitting a lawsuit filed by an investor. The plaintiff alleges to have lost 100,000 euros in projects linked to both directors. 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