The Mossos d'Esquadra have prepared a last report on 'Barçagate', to which EL MUNDO has had exclusive access and which is part of the summary of the case, in which they conclude that the club paid a "surcharge" to the companies that contracted to monitor social networks, integrated into the Nicestream Group. According to the Judicial Police, "the damage caused to the victim, FC Barcelona, ​​and to the whole of its social mass, a direct product of exceeding its powers of admin

istration, can be quantified so far and based on the scales estimated by Price Waterhouse Coopers, in an amount of a minimum of 843,300 euros and a maximum of 1,220,700 euros. "The report, which directly blames former president Josep Maria Bartomeu and his Board of Directors, recalls that the amount paid to these companies amounted in total to 2,315,775 euros. The objective of these services, in the opinion of the Mossos, consisted, "as it has been possible to link, with the creation and feeding of profiles on social networks that defamed people who were critical of the Bartomeu Board of Directors. "Likewise, the Mossos consider that" the facts could have a place in business corruption based on the different considerations or the possible benefit of any kind that the directors, administrators, workers or collaborators of FC Barcelona could have received, in exchange for awarding this contract outside of the established procedures ".

In vain, the Catalan regional police stresses, moreover, that as some club employees have stated in recent hours, the hiring of the companies of the Nicestream Group was carried out "through contracts of less than 200,000 euros to be able to distribute them in 5 different companies and avoid internal control procedures in terms of hiring "." There is one last damage for FC Barcelona and that directly proves the unfair management and its effects: it is the criminal complaint for insults and slander presented by Jaume Roures on behalf of himself and Mediapro.

This complaint, still in the initial phase, could lead to compensation from Barcelona for some facts that are a consequence of the hiring of the services that make up this cause, "he added.

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