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Court to decide this week whether Infanta Cristina will face charges in Urdangarín trial
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 @ 10:00 AM

JUDGE José Castro is due to rule this week on whether King Felipe VI's sister Cristina will be formerly charged in connection with her husband, Iñaki Urdangarín's public fund fraud investigations.

The Duchess of Palma became the first member of the Royal family to testify in court last year when she was cross-examined in Mallorca over her 50-per-cent stake in the firm Aizoon, a company believed to have been used to launder funds and offset the couple's personal expenses against their commercial tax.

And Urdangarín, 51, could face up to 19 years in jail – having already seen much of the family property embargoed as he failed to pay a nine-million-euro civil bail bond for alleged fraud through the Nóos Institute.

Read more at thinkSPAIN.com

 



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Pilgrim said:
Tuesday, June 24, 2014 @ 10:38 PM

As a director of the firm in question, I find it hard to believe the Enfanta was not aware of what was happening?

However, with the current rushing through the ceremony for the new King, (whom I admire very much) to hinder the challenge to the throne, it would seem to cast another grey shadow over Spanish royalty.

It must be said though, that King Juan Carlos did set this country safely on the road to democracy, which was against the deceased Franco´s wishes, much to his great credit!

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