{"id":866,"date":"2012-04-25T22:51:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T21:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawbird.com\/wordpress\/?p=866"},"modified":"2020-10-08T23:10:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T22:10:23","slug":"peterborough-united-boss-faces-fraud-charges-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawbird.com\/wordpress\/peterborough-united-boss-faces-fraud-charges-in-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Peterborough United boss faces fraud charges in Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Peterborough<\/p>\n

The Irish football mogul was grilled by the judge in Marbella for two hours behind closed doors.<\/p>\n

Arriving in a white Range Rover with two men, it is the first time the football boss has faced the music in Spain.<\/p>\n

He was joined by his former chief executive Dominic Pickering, Sarah O\u2019Callaghan, and Nicola Shaw, a former director of MRI Ireland.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, 90-year-old Fernando A., whose Peruvian company Inmobiliaria Vasco Peruana SAC took over MRI Overseas Property Group in 2010, also travelled over for the hearing.<\/p>\n

None of the accused, who have continually denied the allegations, would speak with reporters.
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\n\u201cI\u2019m sure you are a lovely lady but I am not speaking to you,\u201d said MacAnthony.<\/p>\n

It comes three months after over 40 victims travelled to Marbella to tell a judge how the football boss\u2019 company MacAnthony Realty International (MRI) failed to deliver over half a million euros of furniture to them between 2005 and 2010.<\/p>\n

MRI \u2013 which boasted an annual turnover of more than 100m euros before the crisis \u2013 developed resorts in several countries from its main base in Marbella, from where it sold the furniture packs.<\/p>\n

The alleged victims \u2013 who filed a claim in Madrid in June last year \u2013 accuse MacAnthony, 35, of keeping 600,000 euros which they collectively paid for furniture packages for homes in Bulgaria, Turkey, and Morocco.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Antonio Flores<\/strong>, the Spanish lawyer acting for the group, claims \u2018many other\u2019 customers are also affected and due to file further claims.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe missing furniture is just one of the irregularities linked to the company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Flores insisted an additional claim, totalling 15m euros, is being prepared on behalf of up to 200 British and Irish MRI customers claiming they lost large sums in upfront fees.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday was just the first step. The courts were gathering information and just listening to what everyone has to say before they decide how to proceed further,\u201d said Flores.\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also another claim that will be made in the not too distant future that is substantial.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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