Treasury concludes that Jordi Pujol committed a tax offense of 885,000 euros for his fortune in Andorra but is released by prescription

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The Tax Agency concludes that former Catalan President Jordi Pujol Soley stopped paying 885,651 euros for his hidden fortune in Andorra. The National Office for Fraud Investigation (ONIF) has submitted a new report to the National Court, to which EL MUNDO has had access, in which it personally attributes tax fraud but concludes that it is prescribed and therefore does not have to deal with the payment of any penalty.

The Treasury underlines that the investigation of the 'Pujol case' has proven the link between the former CDC leader and at least one bank deposit based in the Reig del Principado Bank. Specifically, the one identified as AND 63810, which was opened on September 21, 2000 and canceled on December 30, 2010. This account, which was managed by his eldest son, Jordi Pujol Ferrusola, recorded a cash deposit with funds of unknown origin by amount of 307 million pesetas.

The ONIF recalls that documentation has been discovered that, despite the official ownership of its son, directly links the former president with it. Specifically, a letter that was held by the bank in which it was established that Pujol Jr. was simply a trustee and that the true owner of the funds was Pujol Soley. Moreover, in this letter the former president himself established that in case of death all funds would pass to his wife, Marta Ferrusola.

The Treasury adds that "this account stands out because, unlike the other bank accounts in Andorra by Jordi Pujol Ferrusola that reflect a continuous flow of capital in and out, originating from financial positions in multiple jurisdictions, the AND 63810 account only presents a payment for cash income of 307 million pesetas and periodic fixed term impositions. " All of them "upon expiration are renewed by others, with a single exception, an investment in an investment fund called Dynamic Fund Eur in May 2007".

For all these reasons, the Treasury considers that it was up to Pujol Soley to carry out a regularization close to 900,000 euros that would have led to a tax offense but warns that both criminal and administrative liability are prescribed.

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