Granada on trial over Caso Líbero: prosecutors seek €36m
Prosecutors want the club fined around 36 million euros over tax offences from 2013 to 2015, as the trial opens at Spain's National Court.
Granada CF is heading to court. The Second Section of the Criminal Chamber of Spain's National Court is trying the so-called Caso Líbero, for three aggravated offences against the public Treasury covering 2013, 2014 and 2015, according to MARCA.
The defendants include Gino Pozzo and Quique Pina, the club's former president, along with Raffaele De La Riva, alleged head of a shell company, and Jordi Trilles, a former board member. Prosecutors seek 12 years in prison for each of them and fines of 27.5 million euros, raised to 36.5 million for Pozzo.
For the club as a legal entity, prosecutors request fines of 1.9 million for 2013, 17 million for 2014 and 8 million for 2015, plus 9.4 million in unpaid corporate tax shared jointly by the accused. That comes to around 36 million euros in total.
The prosecution argues that capital gains from player transfers were artificially moved to Luxembourg to avoid tax in Spain. The case lands while the club is up for sale with several interested parties, and the entity has funds set aside for possible penalties.
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