National Police agents carry out an operation in the offices of Málaga CF within the framework of an investigation opened by the Court of Instruction No. 14 against the owner of the club, Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, and three of his children, by the alleged crimes of unfair administration, misappropriation and imposition of abusive corporate agreements.

The investigations, which are being supervised by the agents that developed the Malaya operation, try to shed light on a series of loans and credits worth almost 4.5 million euros that the Malaga club would have granted to the sheikh and his children. Facts that led to a complaint by the Association of Small Shareholders (APA), to which the City of Malaga has joined, which has been admitted for processing.

The intervention involves agents of the Money Laundering Group, accompanied by the judicial secretary, whose objective is "to collect economic data from the club", which may involve "taking documentation and dump the contents of the computers", as El MUNDO has learned from sources close to the case.

These explained that, to the crimes of unfair administration, misappropriation and imposition of abusive corporate agreements that are developed in the complaint, money laundering could be added according to the result of the proceedings carried out. Investigators act by "court order," said sources from the Province Police.

This action takes place hours after it is known that Al Thani, owner of the team, and three of his sons, Nasser - CEO -, Nayef and Rakan - placards - must give a statement in court on February 18. A procedure that has accelerated after finding that they lack diplomatic immunity.

Recently it was learned that the investigating judge had refused to remove the sheikh from the management of the club and appoint a judicial administrator instead during the duration of the investigation. This decision, which was agreed on Monday of last week, had the support of the Prosecutor's Office, although the aforementioned sources pointed out that the resolution of the holder of the Court of Instruction number 14 of Malaga is not firm: "In the future you can to check, if necessary. "

Open causes

Al-Thani currently has two open cases in the courts, although the derivative of the complaint that the APA filed at the end of last October is the most complex for its future and that has led to police intervention on Wednesday. The document, of ten folios, details how the four defendants -Al-Thani and their three children- allegedly granted irregular loans worth 4,342,638.62 euros from the coffers of the club. A fundamental amount for the survival of the group, which is under a narrow mark of the Professional Football League (LFP) and that is going to be forced to sell to its best troops to be able to reach the end of the season.

The holder of the Court of Instruction number 14 of Malaga, after admitting the complaint to proceedings, on December 23 issued an official letter to the National Police so that, in a first step, she investigated "the patrimonial situation of the defendants ... ], with special incidence of companies registered in Spain in which they appear as administrators ".

It is noteworthy that the officers of the Money Laundering Group that are conducting the investigation are ultimately supervised, and through the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF), by the investigators who carried out the Malaya operation. Agents specialized in tracking money and that have become a headache for organized groups operating on the Costa del Sol. "There is where to investigate, that's for sure," the sources consulted explained to this newspaper.

The lawyer of the Association of Small Shareholders, Francisco Valverde , said that the judicial authority has also requested all the documentation related to the other great process that affects the sheikh and that can cause him to lose 49 percent of the club's shares in favor from the Bluebay hotel group. The court of First Instance number 12 of Malaga ruled last June against Al Thani and considered proven that he had ceded part of the property in exchange for the aforementioned company to clear the accounts at a critical time for the team.

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