{"id":96291,"date":"2025-12-17T05:00:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pastor-denies-embezzlement-by-jackson-martinez-trial-for-e500000\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T05:00:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T09:00:19","slug":"pastor-denies-embezzlement-by-jackson-martinez-trial-for-e500000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/pastor-denies-embezzlement-by-jackson-martinez-trial-for-e500000\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastor denies embezzlement by Jackson Mart\u00ednez: Trial for \u20ac500,000"},"content":{"rendered":"Madrid \u2013 In a recent hearing, Tom\u00e1s G.M., evangelical pastor, denied the accusations of misappropriation related to funds donated by former soccer player Jackson Mart\u00ednez. The trial, held by the Provincial Court of Madrid, focuses on the alleged theft of more than 500,000 euros.\n\nThe Prosecution requests four years in prison, a fine of 3,000 euros, and compensation of 516,271 euros. This sum corresponds to donations made to the church led by Tom\u00e1s G.M.\n\nAccording to the accusation, the pastor made 17 withdrawals and transfers to his personal account, using concepts such as “advance” or “payroll”. The prosecutor argues that the total embezzlement amounts to 516,271 euros, from the contributions of Jackson Mart\u00ednez.\n\nIt is alleged that the pastor used part of the money to acquire a vehicle worth more than 30,000 euros, cancel his mortgage, and give 260,000 euros to his son for the purchase of a villa in Boadilla del Monte.\n\n

The church treasurer stated that the pastor asked him to “say nothing” to the congregation about a donation of 250,000 euros.<\/p>Church treasurer<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nJackson Mart\u00ednez, now dedicated to Christian music, stated that he donated more than half a million euros for the dissemination of the gospel. In 2020, he discovered that the funds had not been allocated to the church and requested the return of the money without success.\n\nSeveral members of the congregation testified about the internal turmoil that led to the unanimous expulsion of the pastor.\n\nThe defense argued that the chalet in Boadilla del Monte functioned as the church’s headquarters, although witnesses indicated that religious activities were carried out in different homes.\n\nThe defendant’s son confirmed that the property is in his name and that he resides in it with his father and the latter’s wife.\n\nTom\u00e1s G.M., when answering only his lawyer’s questions, assured that he informed Jackson Mart\u00ednez of the financial movements, including the purchase of the vehicle and the property.\n\nThe defendant denied having received a formal request to return the money and pointed out that the complaint comes from the current members of the church, not directly from the donor.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madrid \u2013 In a recent hearing, Tom\u00e1s G.M., evangelical pastor, denied the accusations of misappropriation related to funds donated by former soccer player Jackson Mart\u00ednez. The trial, held by the Provincial Court of Madrid, focuses on the alleged theft of more than 500,000 euros. The Prosecution requests four years in prison, a fine of 3,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[7338,11083,11082,6147],"class_list":{"0":"post-96291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-church","9":"tag-jackson-martinez","10":"tag-misappropriation","11":"tag-pastor"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}