This Monday, in the courts of Logroño (La Rioja), a trial was held against two former directors of Bodegas Altanza accused of crimes of document falsification, fraud and two crimes of misappropriation and unfair administration. The trial has ended with an agreement between the parties by which the charges were dropped against one of the defendants, JLM, and the other, OMH, has recognized the facts to agree to six months in prison, three in prison and three of fine.
As this media has learned, OMH is the husband of the representative for the Popular Party in La Rioja and regional senator, Mar Cotelo. Cotelo was also chief of staff of the current general secretary of the PP, Cuca Gamarra, when she was mayor of Logroño.
According to the newspaper Riojathe events occurred at the end of 2011, when OMH presented an acknowledgment of debt on the winery’s letterhead, which recognized in its favor annual bonuses worth 175,120 euros as “pending bonuses” and another 36,000. as pending actions, which were not justified in the accounting books
The prosecutor finally charges him two crimes of document falsification and
scamwhich he has recognized in exchange for six months in prison that is replaced by a total fine of 3,240 euros conditional on him not committing a crime within a period of two years.
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