Fernando del Valle is accused of laundering millions of Euros through his Marbella offices. sentencing has been drawn up and will be announced this Thursday.

The hearings in the Ballena Blanca money laundering case concluded last December, and there have been unconfirmed reports from Diario Sur that sentencing has been drawn up and will be announced this Thursday.

The paper reported on Tuesday that all parties involved have been called to the court at 9.30 on Thursday morning, where they will be informed of the court’s decision.

The main suspect in the case is the lawyer from Chile, Fernando del Valle, who is accused of laundering millions of Euros through his Marbella offices.

The trial commenced in March last year, five years after the investigation first hit the news with a police raid on del Valle’s offices. The lawyer told the court on the last day of the trial, ‘I have committed many errors in life, but I have never committed any crimes’.

He faces a possible 17 years in prison and a fine of 36 million €.