Bárcenas in the dock
Monday, February 25, 2013 @ 6:28 PM
FORMER treasurer and senator of the PP Luis Bárcenas was due to appear in court today at 13.00hrs to testify in respect of the multi-million accounts he held in Switzerland. Having already been in the dock on Wednesday, February 6 in connection with the alleged 'off the books' payments to members of his party over the course of 10 years, Bárcenas will now face questioning for his tax-haven bank accounts discovered after Swiss authorities found eight-figure funds in his name at Dresdner bank. Bárcenas has tried to explain away the 22 million euros stashed in two Swiss banks as being the proceeds of two estate agency businesses he was involved with and the sale of works of art – but neither the police nor the prosecution service believe this.
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