The Mossos report: "Bartomeu caused a loss of up to 1.2 million to Barcelona and its partners"
'Barcagate' Bartomeu, on provisional release accused of unfair administration and corruption in business
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The statements of the employees of I3 Ventures, the company that unleashed
Barçagate
, before the Mossos d'Esquadra, are clear and revealing about the instructions they received to enhance the image of
Josep Maria Bartomeu
, appease criticism of him and defame those who were in the opposition or in positions opposed to the board, such as businessman
Jaume Roures
.
All the workers summoned to the police station, on Monday, corroborate it.
Although they explain that the instructions
ions came to them from their superiors in the company, one of the workers involved in the creation of these profiles assures that later they sent them to an email address of the head of the club's presidency and the president's trusted man,
Jaume masferrer
.
Both were the only ones of the detainees who slept one night in the police station of the Mossos, which they left on Tuesday morning, released on charges.
Albert Wormwood
, who ran social networks and Twitter profiles, according to his statement, stated that the “purpose of these profiles created according to the guidelines he had was to improve Bartomeu's image, while minimizing the criticism he received on social networks, except for the profile
Jaume, a horror film
, in which the purpose was to erode the image of Jaume Roures ". When asked who gave him the instructions, Ajenjo affirms that he received them from"
Victor Valles
Y
Michelle Seixas
», Other I3 Ventures charges.
He adds that “Seixas was the head of the Nicestream office [group in which I3 Ventures is a member] and the supervisor of the Barça project and was in charge of giving the reports to
Carlos Ibanez
, head of the company hired by Barcelona and which, according to the PriceWaterhouseCoopers audit, was expressly recommended by Bartomeu.
'Jaume, a horror film'
The Mossos also took a statement from Seixas, a Brazilian national, on the frenzied March 1 of the searches and arrests, as evidenced in the summary of the
Barçagate
.
Seixas admits that some of the profiles "were created in I3 Ventures by the declarant herself," in addition to other employees.
In the case of
Jaume, a horror film
, the employee points out that the "creation and updating were instructions received by Carlos Ibáñez, although the declarant believes that said instructions had been ordered by another person."
Also, when asked by the agents if they knew the report on
Victor Font
and other profiles and if these were sent to a member of the club, he states that "he does know them, because both were made at the I3 Ventures offices."
"That these reports - he adds - were sent to the personal email of Mr. Jaume Masferrer, without being able to specify dates or email address, but remember that it was a Gmail", not a corporate account of the club.
It adds that the shipments "were usually to the personal post of Mr. Masferrer and for a short period of time they were sent to Mr. Graell."
Guillem Graell
He is the executive responsible for the FCB Brand.
Sebastian Eduardo Bergero
, another of the employees who worked on the preparation of profiles with Seixas, affirms, however, that the dialogue with the club was in the hands of Ibáñez.
At the office, he only remembers seeing Masferrer on occasion.
The same assures
Maria Pilar Fernandez
After these and many other statements, the Mossos conclude that "periodically profiles were fed on Twitter and Facebook against any person who represented a threat to Mr. Bartomeu, who could promote motions of censure or critical speeches with a hypothetical continuation candidacy .
Or that they run for future elections (like Jaume Roures, Víctor Font,
Joan Laporta, Xavi Hernández, Josep Guardiola, Gerard Piqué
, among others)".
The departure of Noelia Romero
More statements appear in the summary, among them those taken from Barcelona employees, some of whom claim to have expressed surprise when they found out amounts that were used in digital promotions, as in the
La Masia case
.
On the other hand, the tensions that the contracting of these services and the
installment payment, in installments of 200,000 euros to avoid an internal control commission,
generated in the department of
compliance
of the club.
The departure of your responsible,
Noelia Romero
, who was suspended from employment and salary, opened a waterway.
It is related to it as one of the main sources of the investigation. Despite the fact that the contract was suspended before its end, three years, for the Mossos "the damage caused to the victim, Barcelona, and to the whole of its social mass , a direct product of exceeding its powers of administration, can be quantified so far and based on the scales estimated by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, in an amount of a minimum of 843,300 euros and a maximum of 1,220,700 euros ”.
The amount paid finally amounted to 2,315,775 euros
Finally, the Mossos consider that "the facts could have a place in business corruption depending on the different compensation or the possible benefit of any kind that the directors, administrators, workers or collaborators of Barcelona could have received."
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