judge investigating the 'Goldfinger' case has set a bond of more than 60 million euros liability to the principal accused in the case, including the actor Sean Connery, his wife and major law firm partners who have the legal representation of the actor.
The Judge of the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Marbella (Málaga) gives processed 10 days to deal with this bond and ordered the seizure of property if they can not respond. In addition, if any are declared insolvent, he has directed the Judicial Police and the Tax Office to investigate whether there may have been operations by the defendants to hide assets since April last year.
Through a written statement, the instructor indicates that the defendants, including former Mayor Julián Muñoz, and former urban advisor to Marbella Juan Antonio Roca, should respond jointly and severally of this bond according to the different urban operations allegedly have made home ownership as the actor was in Marbella, as reported by the SER.
The Scottish actor was called to testify as a defendant before the magistrate on the 15th of October, but did not appear, after submitting a letter, which was signed by him and his wife, in which were alleged health reasons of age for not attending, arguing that he is an older person, and had not had time to organize the trip. The declaration, he added, could be made through notarised letters.
The investigation is into a money laundering ring involving the construction and sale of luxury homes in the town of Marbella and not declaring tax on the proceeds. The Scottish actor is alledged by the Prosecutor to have used the ring to evade tax on the purchase and sale of property in the town.
One conclusion of officials of the AEAT and Money Laundering Section of the National Police is that "part of the benefits", including the amounts of possible fraud being investigated, "are transferred abroad, mostly to Britain and Uruguay, totalling "more than 37 million euros."
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