The prosecutor Ignacio Stampa has requested, within the separate piece of the Montecarlo case, which investigates alleged irregular payments amounting to more than 280,000 euros from the Arrecife City Council to the companies Gestecal S.L., Recingest S.L. and Progestril S.L., the seizure of the balances of six bank accounts, a house in Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura) and two vehicles, linked to the plot led by the auditor of the Arrecife City Council, Carlos Sáenz, as published this Saturday by La Provincia. This procedure investigates the fraudulent awarding of advisory contracts by the council to these companies, owned by businessman José Vicente Montesinos, with the collaboration of the municipal auditor and the former Councilor for Economy and Finance, José Miguel Rodríguez (PIL), in order to carry out the illicit activities.
In this part of the Montecarlo Case, the auditor faces 15 years and six months in prison for the crimes of bribery, abuse of power, document forgery, money laundering, and fraud. The same penalties are demanded for the businessman José Vicente Montesinos. The Prosecutor's Office is asking for a fine of 770,000 euros for both Sáenz and Montesinos. The former is also facing a civil liability of 310,544.92 euros, as is Montesinos, whose three companies are facing a request for the same concept and identical amount. The former Councilor for Finance, José Miguel Rodríguez, faces one year in prison. The current manager of Lancelot TV, Javier Betancort, faces five years and ten months, as he worked for Montesinos. For his part, the lawyer Federico Toledo is facing four years and ten months in prison.
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