Spain Court Dismisses Fresh Fraud Case Against Messi

By Daily sports on July 17, 2021

A Spanish court on Friday dismissed a new complaint filed in 2020 against Barcelona's Lionel Messi by a man who accuses the Argentine footballer of fraud, embezzlement and money laundering.

Federico Rettori, an Argentine national living in Spain who claims he formerly worked for Messi’s charity, had filed a similar complaint in 2019 which was also dismissed.

In it he claimed that funds received by the foundation which “should have been directed to social causes” instead went “towards various private activities or bank accounts that differed from those that were declared by the foundation”.

In the complaint Rettori filed in 2020 he again named the Barcelona striker, the charity, his father Jorge and brother Rodrigo, and added more documents to try to back his claims.

But Spain’s National Court said in its ruling that after two years of investigating “no criminal act on the part of the people targeted by the complaint could be proven”.

The court also said Rettori was never employed by Messi’s foundation.

Instead he headed an association called “El Buen Camino”, or “The Right Path”, which received 150,000 euros ($177,000) in 2014 and 2015 to fight infant mortality in Sierra Leone, the court said.

This project was aborted due to an Ebola epidemic in the West African country. (AFP)

•PHOTO: Lionel Messi

Source Daily sports

Posted July 17, 2021


 

You may also like...
Arsenal, Chelsea, Leicester in doping scandal

Fernandes knocks Rashford’s wife

Nigeria may face Algeria, Ghana or Cote d’Ivoie...

Leeds plot summer move for Akpom

Guinea Bissau FA President demands $630,000 from government...

Rohr: We Already Know What Simy Offers

 

Latest News MTN CHAMPS final gets new date Osimhen deal close as United set to trigger release clause Joshua grateful to Nigeria, departs for next fight Amusan, Ofili lead Nigeria’s charge to 2025 World Relays NTF targets tennis development, certifies 40 coaches NPFL fines El-Kanemi Warriors ₦3.5m, to play behind closed doors Over 100 kids for Ikoyi Club Easter Tennis Clinic Flying Eagles beat Egypt in U-20 AFCON warm-up Oshoala Academy empowers girls Rivers won’t relent in NPFL title pursuit – Finidi U20 AFCON: Flying Eagles face Egypt in friendly Sports world mourns football-loving Pope Francis

 

Most Read Rangers International going, going . . . (55,442 views) Amaju Pinnick: A cat with nine lives (46,581 views) Second Term: Amaju Pinnick, Other NFF Heavyweights Home to Roost •How Pinnick Broke the Jinx (44,589 views) Missing $150,000 IAAF Grant: Solomon Dalung’s Hide and Seek game (44,230 views) Current issues in Nigerian sports: Matters arising (44,202 views) Sports Development: Zenith Bank on the zenith (44,199 views) Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje’s solid footprints, commitment to sports development in Kano State (44,000 views) NFF Presidency: Pinnick, Maigari, Ogunjobi, Okoye in Battle for Supremacy (43,548 views) Olopade, BET9A wave of revolution in NNL (42,648 views) Commonwealth Games 2018: Shame of Muhammadu Buhari, Solomon Dalung (41,290 views) Ibrahimovic’s Man U exit: Whose decision is it? And in whose interest? (39,729 views) John Mikel Obi: Segun Odegbami’s Outrageous Call! (39,150 views)

 

Phone numbers

Tel: +234(0)8066020976
+234(0)8055068145
+234(0)7013416146
+234(0)8094272884

Email addresses

info@dailysportsng.com
support@dailysportsng.com
publisher@dailysportsng.com

Office address

No 3, Adetoun Close, Off College Road, Ogba, Ikeja Lagos.
Website: www.dailysportsng.com

Social Media