• Courts The Government denies pardon to Millet and Montull for the looting of the Palau

The judicial problems do not end for the former heads of the Palau de la Música Fèlix Millet and Jordi Montull. A few days ago they were informed that the Government had denied the pardon they requested to avoid the conviction of the 'Palau case' that led them to prison in 2020. Millet still remains while Montull was released a few months ago in the third degree due to his delicate state of Health. In 2018, the Barcelona Court sentenced Millet to nine years and eight months in prison and Montull to seven and a half for the looting of the cultural institution and his participation in the diversion of 6.6 million euros of funds in illegal commissions from the construction company Ferrovial to Convergence, through the Palau.

Along with the prison sentence, those convicted must pay 23 million euros to the Palau de la Música Foundation and the Palau de la Música Consortium, made up of public administrations, as well as another 677,904 euros to the Treasury, for the embezzlement perpetrated in the entity.

For this reason they have seized their assets, waiting to satisfy this amount.

However, the shadow of suspicion continues to hang over the two former heads of the cultural institution.

This week they will declare, in two different courts, for allegedly having hidden some assets and income from the court in charge of executing the sentence.

Millet will do it from the Brians 2 prison, where he is serving his sentence, by videoconference after Granollers Court number 4 investigates the disappearance of several valuables from his mansion in L'Ametlla del Vallès (Barcelona) that were seized by judicial order to deal with the economic responsibility of the 'Palau case'.

The case was uncovered when some experts entered Millet's house to assess the 44 seized works of art in order to execute the sentence and they found some absences such as a grand piano, a bed head or several figures.

Along with Millet's statement this week, the court has requested, at the request of the Prosecutor's Office, the appraisal of two carved ivory tusks with drawings, in addition to 16 figures, mostly made of ivory, of animals or African motifs and two mallets, among other objects.

The value of these objects must financially compensate the Palau and the Treasury for the looting of the institution.

Also Montull

This week Jordi Montull also declares that Jordi Montull is under investigation in a Barcelona court since it is suspected that he allegedly hid the income he obtains from the rental of a property in El Masnou (Barcelona) of which he is the owner together with his wife, despite the fact that he had assured that his only sustenance was his retirement pension.

The house has been seized by the justice system since 2012 within the patrimonial responsibility for the 'Palau case'.

In September, the Prosecutor's Office reported that there were indications that Montull "had not revealed" all the income and assets he had before the Barcelona Court that must execute the sentence for the looting of the institution.

For this reason, testimony was deduced and a court has cited him as investigated.

Montull's lawyers point out that the rental of this apartment was declared to the Treasury and therefore they reject that he committed a crime.

What is clear is that almost 13 years after the entry of the Mossos d'Esquadra in the Palau, their former managers still have pending legal cases.

Conforms to The Trust Project criteria

Know more

  • Barcelona

  • Catalonia

  • Mossos d'Esquadra

  • Painting

Arte They steal two drawings by Dalí in a flat in Barcelona

SocietyThe first Spaniards of the year are Alexa and Hugo

CataloniaA reckoning for marijuana trafficking is behind the shooting in a Barcelona apartment

See links of interest

  • Last News

  • Work calendar 2022

  • Home THE WORLD today

  • How to do

  • Poland - Spain, live

  • Real Madrid - Unics Kazan, live