The prosecutor demands that the suspect be sentenced to a total of six years and one month in prison
A neighbor of Lorca is expected to be tried next week at the Provincial Court accused of appropriating money from the aid granted for the May 2011 earthquake. The suspect, as explained by the prosecutor in his brief with provisional conclusions, was an administrator of a community of owners and, taking advantage of that position, presumably disposed of the money that she had received to pay for repairs to the property and her own home. The Public Ministry demands for him penalties that add up to six years and one month in prison accused of an alleged corporate crime and another of misappropriation.
He was able to use the money to pay for repairs to his house that were not caused by the earthquake
The Palace of Justice of Murcia will host next Wednesday the trial against this man, who served as accounting administrator of the community of residents of a Lorca building. According to the prosecutor, that community had received in three installments, between July 2011 and February 2012, a subsidy of 32,075 euros from the Insurance Compensation Consortium. This was intended to cover the damage caused by the earthquake that shook Lorca on May 11, 2011. The Public Ministry maintains that, knowing that income, “formally hid the receipt of such funds from the residents of the community and disposed of that amount irregularly”.
The Public Ministry accuses him of hiding the income from the neighbors and of generating “a fictitious accounting”
The accused allegedly used that money to pay for repairs to the property, as well as to his own home, which had not been generated by the earthquake. The Prosecutor’s Office also maintains that it unilaterally awarded the execution of the rehabilitation works to trusted companies and reflected a “fictitious accounting” in the accounts of the Community that constituted the result of having managed unilaterally and without any control by the community members the destination of public funds received. This party also demands that it pay compensation to the community and a fine. Various witnesses will appear at the hearing.
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