Anti-corruption asks the judge to impose a bail of almost 900,000 euros on Luis Medina

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The Anti-

's Office has requested this Monday the head of the

of

,

, to impose a bail on Luis Medina to ensure his pecuniary responsibilities of 891,227 euros in the case where the pitch of the masks is investigated.

In the letter sent to the court, to which EL MUNDO has had access, the prosecutor

requests the imposition of this new precautionary measure after the judge could not proceed with the seizure of Medina's bank accounts when the aristocrat only counted with 247.26 euros after having allegedly defrauded the City Council in the purchase of masks in the first wave of the pandemic.

Anticorruption explains that it has only been possible to proceed with the seizure of the

for a value of 325,515 euros and the balance in a current account of 247.26 euros, so the deposit "cannot be lower than a third more than the entire amount of the pecuniary responsibilities" according to article 589 of the Criminal Procedure Law.

For its part, from

they have requested the instructor that "given that at this procedural moment there are accredited rational indications of criminality in the conduct of the investigated Luis Medina, the obligation to provide sufficient bail within the non-extendable period of three days, whose The amount must reach at least the amount of the profits obtained from the crime, decreeing in the same resolution the seizure of sufficient assets, as well as the prohibition of disposing of them, to cover said responsibilities.

Likewise, from the purple formation they urge Judge Carretero that "in the event that said requirement is not met or the corresponding bail is not provided within the set period, the person under investigation is urged to provide a complete patrimonial list of his assets."

The magistrate has summoned Medina and his partner

to testify on April 25.

They are being investigated for crimes of aggravated fraud, false documentation and money laundering.

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