Former President Josep Maria Bartomeu has been taken into custody

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Barcelona Grau, the head of legal services Román Gómez Ponti and the former personal adviser to the president, Jaume Masferrer.

Two teams from the Mossos de Esquadra in the area of ​​economic crimes, the Catalan police, appeared in the early hours of the morning at the club’s offices to carry out various searches in various offices, close the building and ban anyone, including employees who had not yet arrived and did not allow them. those present to leave the facilities, isolating several directors whose computers were intercepted while various materials were confiscated.

In parallel with the intervention in the Barcelona offices, another team of Catalan police moved to Bartomeu’s house, where he was arrested after the former president contacted his lawyer as soon as he was directed to the police offices to take him. possibly Tuesday.

Alejandra Gil, head of the 13th court of the Court of Barcelona, ​​decided in mid-February to continue the investigations in summary secrecy, warning that the evidence of witnesses should be received after “evidence of corruption” was already noted in the invoices in September. less than 200 thousand euros in order not to pass any control. In fact, the judge has already warned that she does not find the collaboration expected from the club, which would have caused Monday’s performance.

The audit launched by the Bartomeu board of directors ruled out any guilt in the board, resolving only the suspension of the hiring (and subsequent dismissal) of compliance officer Noelia Romero some time after six directors (Emili Roussaud, Enrique Tombas, Silvio Elías, Josep Pont, Maria Teixidor and Jordi Calsamiglia) resigned in what was the beginning of the scandal.

Reported more and more by a motion of censure initiated against him, Bartomeu decided to resign from the presidency, together with his board of directors, defending his work at the head of the club and convinced that he acted “always” under the strictest legality in the case … Which eventually led to his arrest in a new twist.

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