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A Court in Madrid has ordered that “Caja de Ahorros de Murcia” is liable to return over €400,000 in deposits paid by British investors in the failed Urbanizadora Costa Palatinum/Proyectos Antele resort.
In a post written almost 4 years ago, we dubbed this developer “civil swindler” for taking deposits to finance an off-plan development that were never used for its intended purpose, in our opinion, fraudulently.
Consequently Lawbird Legal Services, represented by Roberto Leiro, sued the developer in a Criminal Court in Murcia hoping that the Judge took notice of the fact that whilst the construction of this development was being aborted –with no mention of returning deposits- a newer project was being proposed in…Venezuela.
As was the case, the Judge took no notice and the case was dismissed. However, the ruse had worked for us as the developer made full disclosure and submitted revealing documents that were otherwise out of our reach: a general bank guarantee issued by Caja Murcia to guarantee the Costa Antele Aparthotel and several bank account statements.
With this document in hand, we filed a case in Madrid (avoiding where possible Murcia) against Caja Murcia demanding the return of off-plan deposits, based on the 57/1968 Act on Off-Plan Property Down Payments, as it was our understanding that:
The Court, on hearing the parties, upheld our allegations and ruled in favour of our customers, ordering Caja Murcia to make a full refund of the capital, plus interest. What are the conclusions to be drawn from this ruling? A few, and not just legal:
Roberto Leiro will now issue enforcement proceedings for recovery of the deposits, a faily uncomplicated process considering that technically banks are mostly a “liquid asset” and tend to pay up promptly.
Have you been caught out in the Urbanizadora Costa Palatinum/Proyectos Antele fiasco? If so, contact us.
A British poker ace who disappeared from Spain after allegedly stealing more than £2.5 million from investors is living in fear that hitmen are coming to kill him at his bolthole in Berkshire.
Playboy Nigel Goldman, who is being investigated by authorities in Spain and the UK, fled his Costa del Sol mansion in November.
His whereabouts were then exposed when a newspaper tracked him down to a modest house in the picturesque village of Kintbury, where he lives under the alias Howard del Monte.
But the 56-year-old, who counts James Hewitt and Sir Mark Thatcher among his social circle, is now convinced gang bosses want him dead.
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Fearing for his life: Nigel Goldman, from Birmingham, who is wanted by Spanish police after vanishing from his luxury Costa del Sol mansion amid a major cash probe
Goldman, who drove a red Ferrari, has been found living in a modest home in the picturesque village of Kintbury, Berkshire under the alias of Howard del Monte.
He told The Sunday People: ‘There is a bullet out there with my name on it. A guy came to the door a few days ago but I refused to open it.
‘He shouted that I was “a dead man” and from an upstairs window I saw him pull a gun out of his pocket.
‘It was terrifying. I know he was sent to murder me. I called the police but he drove off ad high speed before they arrived.’
Goldman said he now fears someone will come back to ‘finish me off’.
Goldman is being investigated by the Guardia Civil and Action Fraud, the UK’s fraud and internet crime reporting centre.
Earlier this year the only trace of Goldman since he vanished in Marbella was a text message to a former employer three weeks ago which read: ‘I did not set out to be a thief.’
Spanish police were probing claims that the broker from Edgbaston in Birmingham, left people empty handed and unable to access their bank funds.
Nigel Goldman, who is being hunted by police for allegedly stealing from investors, was found living in a semi-detached house in Berkshire
From the Costa del Sol to Berkshire: Nigel Goldman is being hunted by police for allegedly stealing more than 3million euros from investors
Goldman’s lavish lifestyle seems to have been scaled down with his Ferrari being replaced with a Vauxhall Zafira
Police were unable to trace him after they received complaints about his Tangier-based company, International Financial Investment.
Ex-pat newspaper The Olive Press, based in Spain, tracked Goldman down using details on his eBay account Bensons Emporium.
He uses the site to buy and sell coins, stamps and antiques.
It was reported his lavish lifestyle seems to have been scaled down with his red Ferrari being replaced with a Vauxhall Zafira.
But a neighbour said: ‘Everyone in the village knows he’s Goldman, whatever name he goes under.’
Geoff Whitton, originally from Cornwall, is trying to locate €20,000 he says he handed to Goldman.
The 49-year-old writer said: ‘If he’s a legitimate businessman, why hasn’t he contacted me?
‘I gave €10,000 in May, 2012, and €10,000 two months later. Goldman made me a profit for two months, then a loss for the same amount.
Goldman is said to have moved in the same social circles as cad James Hewitt (left) and Sir Mark Thatcher.
‘For the next one-and-a-half years, I was in limbo. He’d say, “Just trust me and you will receive a profit in October 2013”.’
Goldman, who enjoys swigging champagne and smoking expensive cigars, has a history of dishonesty, in his own book, ‘High Stakes: How I Blew £14 million’ published in 2006, he confesses being sent to prison twice for fraud.
A review on his book reads: ‘Goldman seems to show little remorse – and more than a little contempt – for the victims whose money he lived off so handsomely.’
Despite his past, Goldman is claiming that he, and others, have been duped this time and believes his brokers were running a Ponzi scheme with everyone’s money.
From the Costa del Sol to this sleepy Berkshire village Kintbury
A Ponzi scheme is an investment operation that pays returns to its investors from existing capital or new capital paid by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the individual or organisation running the operation.
Goldman has admitted in writing to owing as much as £658,000 (€800,000). However a lawyer acting for investors who claim to have lost cash is stating that he is chasing €3 million, a figure rising daily.
Flashy Goldman made his name at some of the world’s biggest poker tournaments around the world, winning thousands.
Lawyer Antonio Flores, said: ‘So far we have spoken to victims in Almeria, Malaga and Jaen. In our most recent estimate it looks like reaching €3 million.
‘The first thing he did right was openly admit to all his wrongdoings and say he paid for it and was a new man.
‘That was a success. People could not talk about his past, people actually felt sorry for him. It is large scale, police have not yet issued an arrest warrant, but they are not far from doing that.’
Goldman offered investments in a host of commodities including bullion, stocks and shares although he is not a regulated financial advisor due to his criminal convictions.
Roger Parks, a neighbour and friend of Goldman said that he even tried to get him to invest, although he chose not to, he said: ‘I have known him for 35 years.
‘When he showed me the prospectus for International Financial Investments at his palatial rented home in Elviria a few months ago, I couldn’t stopped laughing.
‘By the way, has anyone else noted the initials of his company spell IFI, as if “iffy”?’
A spokesman for Action Fraud confirmed complains had been lodged with the organisation about Goldman.
If those complaints are upheld, information gathered will be passed to either the Metropolitan Police or Fraud Investigation Bureau.
Nigel Goldman
A MAN previously convicted of fraud who owes investment clients a small fortune is living quietly in Kintbury after his champagne lifestyle in Marbella turned sour.
It is claimed he owes millions to creditors in Spain after his high-rolling investment scheme crashed and is now being investigated by Spanish and British police.
But Howard del Monte – formerly known as Nigel Goldman – has claimed in an exclusive interview with the Newbury Weekly News that he never intended for anyone to lose out, and branded some of the more lurid international press reports about him “lies”.
Speaking from his rented cottage in Kintbury, he said he had been hounded by the international press, national reporters and private detectives in recent months and weeks and still fears extradition to Spain.
By his side was loyal partner Suzanne Couling, a former Inkpen resident who met Mr Del Monte during an 11-year sojourn in Spain.
He was a well-known and colourful figure in the Marbella area for many years – where he had rebuilt his life following two prison terms for fraud whilst living in the UK – and persuaded many expats to invest in his investment companies.
Mr del Monte, originally from Birmingham, said this week: “It’s totally untrue that I owe £13 million, or more. The writ in Spain is for 650,000 euros and I very much regret that anyone had to lose money.”
The self-styled poker wizard, who also dealt in gold and coins, said his latest adventures began in 2008 when he won a trading competition on Talk Radio Europe’s previous guise REM, in which he turned 100,000 euros into 2.7 million.
After that, he said, would-be investors beat a path to his door pleading: “Make me rich, too.” Mr del Monte said: “I was approached by many expats, but because of my convictions under the Companies Act of 1948 for offences in the 1980s, the only way client funds could be handled was by trading through an off-shore entity.
“Everyone got good dividends between 2008 and 2012. ”
Speaking from his Kintbury home, Mr del Monte insisted he warned clients that their investments represented a gamble and that there were no guarantees.
When the crash came, it came in spectacular fashion he claimed. He said: “It all went wrong over a 24-hour period – very badly wrong. My portfolio was completely wiped out. I had only taken my eye off the ball for an hour but sometimes that’s all it takes.”
In August last year, said Mr del Monte, the Spanish tax authorities hit him with a bill at the same time as they froze all his accounts, including those of his clients. Despite vowing “never to return” to the UK in his autobiography, High Stakes, in which he also talks of amassing a £14million fortune, Mr del Monte was left with little choice but to come back to his home country.
He said: “I was totally unable to operate. I decided to come back to the UK. I was out of money, selling personal assets to pay clients.”
He claimed he was sympathetic to those clients who had lost out but insisted: “I was always careful to ensure people weren’t investing life savings and that they could afford to trade. But the Spanish press have started a campaign against me.”
Asked if, with hindsight, he would have handled the fallout differently, Mr del Monte said: “The mistake I made was coming back without explaining fully what had happened and why I was leaving. I could have handled that much better.”
He left Spain at the end of last year and was located this month by expat newspaper The Olive Press through his and Ms Couling’s joint ebay account. According to the paper, multiple complaints have been lodged about Nigel Goldman to Action Fraud UK – the UK’s national fraud and internet crime reporting centre.
Marbella-based lawyer Antonio Flores, currently representing a British expat couple who claim that Mr Goldman owes them around 640,000 euros, said he first became aware of Mr Goldman last October. Mr Flores added that although he is only representing one client, he said he is aware of “10 or 12” official complaints that have been made against Mr Goldman to the Marbella National Police since December 2013. He also said he believes Mr Goldman to owe “£2m – £2.5m” in total.
Mr Flores said he believed official paperwork was being compiled by the Spanish police. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police told the Newbury Weekly News that they were not aware of any complaints against Mr Goldman and said it would be the responsibility of the Spanish authorities to issue a European Arrest Warrant should they feel it necessary.
The story of Mr del Monte residing in Kintbury has been picked up by several national newspapers and has got tongues wagging in the village.
One resident, who did not want to be named, told the Newbury Weekly News he was aware of a new face in the village who was calling himself ‘Howie’. “You can find Howie in the Blue Ball every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday nights playing poker,” he said, but added that he knew nothing of Mr del Monte’s past.
For the full exclusive interview with Mr del Monte, see today’s Newbury Weekly News.
A British businessman who has been on the run from Spanish police for allegedly stealing EUROS 3 million from investors has been found living in a semi-detached house in Berkshire.
Nigel Goldman, 56, who claims to be a close friend of Sir Mark Thatcher and James Hewitt, is being investigated by the Guardia Civil and Action Fraud, the UK’s fraud and internet crime reporting centre.
He vanished earlier this year from Marbella after police received complaints about his Tangier-based company, International Financial Investment.
They were investigating claims the broker, originally from Edgbaston, Birmingham, had left people empty handed and unable to access their bank funds.
Goldman himself claims he, and other investors, were duped by his brokers who were running a Ponzi scheme – a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to its investors from existing capital or new capital paid by new investors, rather than from profit.
But now Goldman, who used to drive a red Ferrari, has been found living in a modest semi-detached house in the village of Kintbury, Berkshire, under the alias Howard del Monte.
Ex-pat newspaper The Olive Press, based in Spain, tracked him down using details on his eBay account “Bensons Emporium”. He uses the site to flog and buy coins, stamps and antiques.
When approached at his Berkshire home Goldman refused to comment and his lavish lifestyle seems to have been scaled down with his Ferrari being replaced with a Vauxhall Zafira.
But a neighbour said: “Everyone in the village knows he’s Goldman, whatever name he goes under.”
Goldman, a broker originally from Edgbaston, Birmingham, has been accused of leaving investors empty handed and unable to access their bank accounts.
The last known contact anyone had with him was three weeks ago when he sent a text message to a former employer which read “I did not set out to be thief.”
Goldman, who enjoys swigging on champagne and smoking expensive cigars, has a history of dishonesty, in his own book, ‘High Stakes: How I Blew £14 million’ published in 2012, he confesses being sent to prison twice for fraud.
Goldman offered investments in a host of commodities, including bullion, stocks and shares, although is not a regulated financial advisor due to his criminal convictions.
Lawyer Antonio Flores, said: “So far we have spoken to victims in Almeria, Malaga and Jaen.
“In our most recent estimate it looks like reaching 3 million euros.
“The first thing he did right was openly admit to all his wrongdoings and say he paid for it and was a new man.
“That was a success. People could not talk about his past, people actually felt sorry for him.
“It is large scale, police have not yet issued an arrest warrant, but they are not far from doing that.”
A spokesman for Auction fraud confirmed complaints had been lodged with the organisation about Goldman.
If those complaints are upheld, information gathered will be passed to either the Metropolitan Police of Fraud Investigation Bureau.
A British poker ace who disappeared from his Costa del Sol mansion and was being hunted by police for allegedly stealing more than €3million from investors, has been found living in Berkshire.
Playboy Nigel Goldman, 56, who counts James Hewitt and Sir Mark Thatcher among his social circle, is being investigated by the Guardia Civil and Action Fraud, the UK’s fraud and internet crime reporting centre.
Earlier this year the only trace of Goldman since he vanished in Marbella, was a text message to a former employer three weeks ago which read: ‘I did not set out to be a thief.’
Goldman, who drove a red Ferrari, has been found living in a modest home in the picturesque village of Kintbury, Berkshire under the alias of Howard del Monte
Spanish police were probing claims that the broker from Edgbaston in Birmingham, left people empty handed and unable to access their bank funds.
However police were unable to trace him after they received complaints about his Tangier-based company, International Financial Investment.
But now Goldman, who drove a red Ferrari, has been found living in a modest house in the picturesque village of Kintbury, Berkshire under the alias of Howard del Monte.
Ex-pat newspaper The Olive Press, based in Spain, tracked him down using details on his eBay account Bensons Emporium.
From the Costa del Sol to Berkshire: Nigel Goldman is being hunted by police for allegedly stealing more than 3million euros from investors
Goldman’s lavish lifestyle seems to have been scaled down with his Ferrari being replaced with a Vauxhall Zafira
He uses the site to buy and sell coins, stamps and antiques.
When approached at his Berkshire home Goldman refused to comment and his lavish lifestyle seems to have been scaled down with his Ferrari being replaced with a Vauxhall Zafira.
But a neighbour said: ‘Everyone in the village knows he’s Goldman, whatever name he goes under.’
Geoff Whitton, originally from Cornwall, is trying to locate €20,000 he says he handed to Goldman.
The 49-year-old writer said: ‘If he’s a legitimate businessman, why hasn’t he contacted me?
‘I gave €10,000 in May, 2012, and €10,000 two months later. Goldman made me a profit for two months, then a loss for the same amount.
Goldman is said to have moved in the same social circles as cad James Hewitt (left) and Sir Mark Thatcher
‘For the next one-and-a-half years, I was in limbo. He’d say, “Just trust me and you will receive a profit in October 2013”.’
Goldman, who enjoys swigging champagne and smoking expensive cigars, has a history of dishonesty, in his own book, ‘High Stakes: How I Blew £14 million’ published in 2006, he confesses being sent to prison twice for fraud.
A review on his book reads: ‘Goldman seems to show little remorse – and more than a little contempt – for the victims whose money he lived off so handsomely.’
Despite his past, Goldman is claiming that he, and others, have been duped this time and believes his brokers were running a Ponzi scheme with everyone’s money.
A Ponzi scheme is an investment operation that pays returns to its investors from existing capital or new capital paid by new investors, rather than from profit earned by the individual or organisation running the operation.
Goldman has admitted in writing to owing as much as £658,000 (€800,000). However a lawyer acting for investors who claim to have lost cash is stating that he is chasing €3 million, a figure rising daily.
Flashy Goldman made his name at some of the world’s biggest poker tournaments around the world, winning thousands.
Lawyer Antonio Flores, said: ‘So far we have spoken to victims in Almeria, Malaga and Jaen.
‘In our most recent estimate it looks like reaching €3 million.
‘The first thing he did right was openly admit to all his wrongdoings and say he paid for it and was a new man.
‘That was a success. People could not talk about his past, people actually felt sorry for him.
‘It is large scale, police have not yet issued an arrest warrant, but they are not far from doing that.’
Goldman offered investments in a host of commodities including bullion, stocks and shares although he is not a regulated financial advisor due to his criminal convictions.
From the Costa del Sol to this sleepy Berkshire village Kintbury
Roger Parks, a neighbour and friend of Goldman said that he even tried to get him to invest, although he chose not to, he said: ‘I have known him for 35 years.
‘When he showed me the prospectus for International Financial Investments at his palatial rented home in Elviria a few months ago, I couldn’t stopped laughing.
‘By the way, has anyone else noted the initials of his company spell IFI, as if ‘iffy’?’
A spokesman for Auction fraud confirmed complains had been lodged with the organisation about Goldman.
If those complaints are upheld, information gathered will be passed to either the Metropolitan Police or Fraud Investigation Bureau.
“La casa rosada” de la alcaldesa de Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, sigue en punto de mira mientras se dirime en Sevilla el expediente de su supuesta legalidad. Desde que la Vicepresidencia y Consejería de Administración Local y Relaciones Institucionales pasara a manos de IU, el expediente está siendo “examinado con lupa”. Y se exige documentación “imprescindible para su legalización”. Esta vez es el mismo número dos de la Junta de Andalucía, Diego Valderas, el que en un informe al que ha tenido acceso El Confidencial comunica que “la Junta no tiene en su haber la información que ha requerido a los dos municipios, entre los que se encuentra la casa de la regidora marbellí, para resolver el expediente del contencioso del deslinde”. .En el documento, firmado por el aliado de Gobierno de Susana Díaz, se advierte a la alcaldesa que “los municipios no pueden mover los lindes a su antojo”, tal como hizo ella sometiendo el cambio de su vivienda a través de un pleno en el que aprobaba el deslinde con los votos del PP.
Pinche para ver el documento
Los concejales de IU de Marbella se reúnen mañana en Sevilla con representantes de la Consejería de Administración Local para tratar este expediente, que según Enrique Monterroso “es un robo al territorio de Marbella”. El edil pertenece a la comisión de investigación sobre el deslinde con el municipio vecino de Benahavís y los posibles beneficios que la modificación ha supuesto para empresas promotoras del marido y otros familiares de la alcaldesa, Ángeles Muñoz. Informe nulo En el informe que firma Diego Valderas se puntualiza “que el procedimiento se halla en situación de parálisis dado que, pese a que se han hecho reiterados requerimientos al respecto los ayuntamientos afectados no han facilitado la comunicación mínimamente detallada para que el órgano instructor pueda proceder”. Monterroso dice que ha habido suficiente tiempo para que esta documentación se haya facilitado desde el 2009, pero que a ninguno de los dos municipios de Marbella y Benahavís regentados por el PP “les ha interesado”. 
El vicepresidente de la Junta de Andalucía, Diego Valderas. (EFE) Para culminar el expediente, la Junta matiza que “sin la colaboración de los dos Ayuntamientos implicados no se podrá concluir”, “con la transcendencia que tiene para cualquier Ayuntamiento el hecho de contar con la delimitación precisa de su término municipal para el ejercicio válido de sus competencias en general”. Distintos políticos y juristas ya se han pronunciado al respecto. Uno de ellos, el abogado Antonio Flores, declara a este diario que “el enjuague privado que han hecho los dos municipios del PP donde tiene las propiedades el marido de la alcaldesa, Lars Broben, no es válido”. En este sentido asegura que “la ‘casa rosada’ hoy por hoy sigue siendo ilegal, a pesar de que ella se encargue de ir transmitiendo lo contrario. Hasta que la Junta se pronuncie con el cierre del expediente, la casa de Benahavís de la alcaldesa sigue siendo ilegal”.
Ángeles Muñoz, alcaldesa de Marbella, no incluyó en su declaración de bienes el valor real de su casa, que estuvo adscrita a una firma en Gibraltar, y sobre la que tiene suscrita una hipoteca en Luxemburgo. La oposición le critica que opere en paraísos fiscales; ella niega que haya cometido ilegalidad ni que tenga intención de defraudar al fisco.
Se levanta en un fondo de saco de la urbanización Vega del Colorado, entre Marbella y Benahavís. Al frente no tiene ningún vecino que interfiera las vistas. El jardín desemboca en un barranco verde, cuyo borde se eleva sobre la autopista AP7, lo suficientemente alejada como para que el eco del tráfico no turbe la paz del césped y las palmeras. Por delante, la extensión de lujosos chalés y clubes de golf de Nueva Andalucía, Puerto Banús y, al fondo, el mar. En el paseo que lleva a la entrada principal, una pequeña rotonda y un asta blanca en la que ondea una bandera de España de buen tamaño. Es la casa, en fin, de una mujer tan española como lo pueda ser Ángeles Muñoz Uriol, alcaldesa de Marbella.
Si quieres leer el reportaje completo, descarga el número de la revista en PDF.
El abogado Antonio Flores, responsable de Lawbird, durante la rueda de prensa que ha ofrecido este jueves en Marbella sobre la inversión en Luxemburgo de la alcaldesa / JCV
El responsable de la firma Lawbird, que destapó la inversión de Ángeles Muñoz en Luxemburgo, anima a la regidora a dar explicaciones públicas en lugar de denunciarle ante el Colegio de Abogados.
Antonio Flores sostiene que la operación de “ingeniería financiera” supondría el ahorro del 34% en el impuesto de sucesiones.
“Atribuimos a la alcaldesa la compra de un producto destinado a evadir impuestos”. Así de claro y contundente se ha mostrado este jueves el abogado Antonio Flores, responsable del bufete Lawbird, al corroborar la inversión de 3,1 millones de euros en una entidad bancaria de Luxemburgo en 2010 que llevó a cabo la sociedad Crasel Panorámica S.L., propiedad al cincuenta por ciento de la regidora marbellí, Ángeles Muñoz (PP).
Flores, que ha comparecido en rueda de prensa durante más de una hora, ha apuntado, como novedad, que el producto financiero suscrito con el banco luxemburgués Nordea Bank SA podría suponer para la alcaldesa y demás beneficiarios “un ahorro del 34% sobre el impuesto de sucesiones”.
La sociedad de la alcaldesa contrató un crédito hipotecario de 3,1 millones sobre su mansión, tasada en 4,7 millones de euros en 2010. Se trata de un inmueble que nunca había tenido carga alguna desde que fue adquirido en 2003 por la alcaldesa y su marido, a través de una sociedad gibraltareña.
“Nosotros no acusamos, sino que atribuimos a la alcaldesa la compra de un producto para no pagar impuestos”. Al tratarse del impuesto de sucesiones, el jurista ha aclarado que “no se defrauda hasta que uno fallece”. Así pues, sostiene que “la evasión de impuestos en grado de tentativa no es delito, otra cosa es la cuestión política en la que no entramos”, en alusión al escándalo generado en Marbella tras conocerse la operación de Luxemburgo.
Por si quedaba alguna duda sobre si la sociedad de la alcaldesa, ella o su marido tienen alguna cuenta bancaria en Luxemburgo Flores ha confirmado que “la tienen que tener, porque va asociada al producto que se ha contratado y allí se depositan los 3,1 millones de euros”. No obstante, ha concretado que “en torno al diez por ciento, unos 200.000 euros” del monto total, habrían sido entregados a los subscritores de la inversión.
Basándose en la publicidad que ofertaba Nordea Bank SA, denunciada ante la Agencia Tributaria española, el abogado ha descrito el proceder de la sociedad de Muñoz: “Crasel Panorámica contrata ese producto para reducir el valor de la vivienda, y para invertir el capital en Luxemburgo, como el banco lo tiene previsto”. Según los folletos que Flores ha mostrado “todo se ofertaba para reducir el impuesto de sucesiones en España”, ha insistido.
Así pues, una vez que la alcaldesa ha negado ser víctima del banco luxemburgués, al contrario que los clientes de Flores, el letrado ha dicho que no tiene “nada” de qué retractarse. Todo después de que la primera edil marbellí le instara a hacerlo a través de un requerimiento notarial.
Muñoz emprendió dichas acciones a raíz de las declaraciones que el letrado hizo a eldiario.es el pasado 2 de marzo en las que destapó la operación financiera de Crasel Panorámica S.L. en el citado paraíso fiscal. Previamente, Flores había informado de ello en la página web de los afectados por prácticas irregulares de Nordea Bank, representados por su bufete.
“No tengo por qué rectificar, cuando la propia alcaldesa declaró a eldiario.es que ella tiene un seguro de vida precisamente para poder hacer frente al impuesto de sucesiones”. De hecho, Muñoz insistió el pasado 2 de marzo, cuando este medio recabó su versión, en que “desgraciadamente, en Andalucía, mientras sigan gobernando los socialistas tendremos que tener un seguro de vida para hacer frente al impuesto de sucesiones”.
Al ser preguntado por la denuncia que ha interpuesto la regidora contra él, ante el Colegio de Abogados de Málaga, Flores ha respondido que “es una manera sucia de empañar la imagen de un abogado”. Argumenta que Ángeles Muñoz no ha acudido a los tribunales “porque una querella causa revuelo y hay que sacar muchos papeles”. Además, ha animado a la también presidenta de la FAMP a dar explicaciones públicamente en lugar de denunciarle.
Antonio Flores, que ha calificado de “operación de ingeniería financiera” la actuación llevada a cabo por la sociedad de la alcaldesa en Luxemburgo, sostiene que la situación de la munícipe del PP “no es aceptable para un cargo público”. Sobre todo-ha añadido- “cuando su vivienda particular (la mansión) tiene por el sur un préstamo hipotecario con Luxemburgo y al norte una sociedad gibraltareña”, en alusión a la offshore Crasel Limited, mercantil a la que el matrimonio compró los 90.000 euros del capital social que tenía en Crasel Panorámica S.L.
Al hilo del argumento de la regidora sobre que ella tiene régimen de separación de bienes con su cónyuge, a Flores le sorprende que Ángeles Muñoz “tenga un patrimonio de cerca de 3,5 millones de euros, la mayoría del cual no está gravado con ninguna hipoteca, con los ingresos que ha podido declarar”.
A Muñoz “no se le conoce una actividad profesional o mercantil para tener ese patrimonio tan abultado. Tiene un sueldo relativamente alto pero no puede cubrir ciertos desembolsos que ha hecho”, esgrime el responsable de Lawbird.
En su declaración municipal de bienes, hecha en junio de 2011, la regidora declaró 7.500 euros brutos mensuales como primera edil. Entre 2007 y 2011 cobró 55.742 euros brutos anuales como parlamentaria andaluza por Málaga.
“Si ocurre como dice la alcaldesa, que recibe trasvases de patrimonio de su marido, ella ha tenido que declararlo en el impuesto de donaciones, puesto que ambos están vivos, la realidad es que no se ha hecho así”, denuncia Flores.
Flores ha recordado, tal y como informó eldiario.es, que Muñoz adquirió la finca en la que se halla su mansión “a través de la compra venta de participaciones de una sociedad de Gibraltar”. En este punto sostiene lo siguiente: “sospechamos que se realizó por el valor del capital social, que fueron 90.000 euros”.
Si las obras de la mansión se hicieron una vez comprado el terreno “el sueldo de la alcaldesa no daba como para poder cubrir un desembolso de cerca de 2 millones de euros”, ha concluido el letrado.
El abogado Antonio Flores, esta mañana en rueda de prensa.
El abogado Antonio Flores, que destapó las operaciones en Luxemburgo de Ángeles Muñoz, ha puesto esta mañana a la alcaldesa de Marbella contra las cuerdas a nivel político. En una larga rueda de prensa ha dicho que la regidora “compró un producto para no pagar impuestos”, que le podría suponer un ahorro del 34% en el impuesto de sucesiones. También la ha acusado de tener “incompleta” su declaración de bienes como cargo público y de “faltar a la verdad”.
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