The Court of Instruction number 4 of Arrecife has provisionally dismissed and filed the Inalsa case against the lawyer Ignacio Calatayud, his ex-wife and the company Adelfas 24 SL, owned by his former father-in-law Felipe Fernández Camero, among other six investigated, for the hiring of the lawyer by Pedro San Ginés when he was president of the Cabildo of Lanzarote to represent Inalsa during its bankruptcy phase. The investigation considered the alleged commission of the crimes of fraud against the administration, prevarication, influence peddling, misappropriation and professional disloyalty.
The file takes place after the Second Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court did not assume the case against the recently appointed senator Pedro San Ginés, who, due to his status as a person with parliamentary immunity, should be judged by the High Court, and which highlighted that there were no "sufficient indications of criminality" against the person with parliamentary immunity. The Supreme Court returned the case to the Court of Ricardo Fiestras "in order to exhaust the investigation" against the rest of the accused.
In line with the position of the Public Prosecutor's Office, which did not oppose the requests of the accused in which they requested the dismissal of the case, Fiestras states that "the perpetration of the crime" that motivated the case is "not duly justified" and assures that "there are no indications of criminal responsibility against the other main investigated", Ignacio Calatayud and his company Calatayud Prats SL.
Calatayud charged 86,000 euros for representing Inalsa during its bankruptcy situation, to which must be added the court costs, which were paid directly "into his bank account" after a "prior agreement". The Arrecife Court does not see "sufficient indications" against the lawyer "neither in his hiring, nor in the collection of his fees." The Chamber points out that Calatayud's ex-wife Juana María Fernández had "no participation in the hiring or in the services provided."
The Court points out that "it does not appreciate indications of criminal responsibility" of the entity Adelfas 24, owned by Fernández Camero, for selling San Ginés a property on Avenida de Puerto Naos in the Urbanización Castillo de San José. The case investigated whether this property was sold for a price lower than the market price.
To conclude, the Chamber points out that "there are no indications of criminal responsibility" against the rest of those investigated as bankruptcy administrators. In addition, it authorizes the return of the seized devices, the launching of the preventive embargo and the blocking of the balances.
