The First Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas plans to try the defendants in the last part of the Montecarlo case in two weeks, between October 6 and 23.
The different sessions of the oral trial are scheduled to be held in Lanzarote and Gran Canaria. In total, the Provincial Court has planned nine sessions, the first three on the island of Lanzarote and the last four in Gran Canaria.
The Court's Communication Office has confirmed to La Voz that one of the defendants in this piece has requested to suspend the trial for health reasons. At the moment, the Chamber has not yet decided whether or not it will be suspended.
This last piece to be judged has already had to be postponed on two previous occasions, one in 2023 and another in 2024 for different reasons, and with it all the investigations opened within the framework of the Montecarlo case would be concluded.
Montecarlo Case
This last piece of the Montecarlo case investigates the allegedly illegal payments for services not provided to the company Tunera Producciones. Eleven people accused of the alleged crimes of embezzlement of public funds, fraud against the administration, administrative prevarication and documentary falsification will be in the dock.
The Prosecutor's Office is asking for prison sentences of between three and six years for all of them, the payment of fines and the possible return to the City Council of the money allegedly looted from the public coffers of the capital.
Among the accused is the former mayor of Arrecife and then Councilor for Finance José Montelongo (PSOE), the former auditor of the capital Carlos Sáez. In addition to Eduardo Lasso (PIL), Isabel Martinón (PNL), Víctor Sanginés (PSOE) and the former councilor Lorenzo Lemaur (PP), the businessman and owner of Tunera Producciones Eduardo Ferrer and several City Council workers: José Nieves Caraballo, Miguel Ángel Leal, Blas Antonio Cedrés and Francisco Hernández Betancort.
