Police on Monday made several arrests in an operation for alleged economic crimes against the FC Barcelona according to some media, that would have consequences for the former president Josep Maria Bartomeu, whose replacement must be elected in an election within six days.
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“We are currently making a device with agents from economic crime,” said a police spokesman, without giving details of the purpose of the operation that many Spanish newspapers say is linked to the ‘Barçagate’ scandal. .
“They are making arrests,” he added, without specifying the number or identity of those arrested.
Spanish radio Ser string and other local media assure him that he was arrested during the operation Josep María Bartomeu Óscar Grau Romanian Gómez Ponti Y Jaume MasferrerIt’s the former president, the CEO of the FC Barcelona and the person in charge of legal services, and of the presidential cabinet.
The press also links the operation to the ‘Barçagate’ scandal that broke out a year ago, in February 2020, when it Ser string revealed a smear campaign against the staff by a company hired by the club.
The board denied having taken over the services of this company to the figures of the Barcelona in social networks, but to improve the image of the then president Bartomeu
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The investigation into this source revealed that Barça had paid one million euros in six different invoices to the company I3 Ventures, from which he withdrew after the scandal.
Barça has never hired a service to discredit anyone. It is true that at the end of 2017, Barça hired a security service for various parts of the club on social networks, ” he defended at the time. Bartomeu
The police operation takes place six days before the club’s scheduled presidential election, with members (club owners-fans) having to choose between Joan Laporta, former president between 2003 and 2010, Victor font Y Toni Freixa
Hard message to Bartomeu
After the scandal that took place early this morning, the Spanish journalist reports Jota Jordi expressed that a Bartomeu He should be investigated for any damage he caused to the Catalan club under his leadership.
‘That they are being investigated to the end for leaving the club as they left it, for damaging the image of Barça and its members and for trying to destroy the club. And that no one thinks of mixing Barça with Bartomeu. Bartomeu is not from Barça, ” the reporter wrote The beach bar and partner of Barcelona and Twitter.