Source: Diario Vasco
The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor has requested an open trial against one of Spain’s largest alleged tax evaders, businessman Juan Ramon R. Gipuzkoa M., requesting 39 years imprisonment, an Euro 54.5 million fine and a compensation to the Guipuzkoan Tax Department of Euro 27.8 million -plus the corresponding interest- for twelve alleged crimes against Treasury and one of money laundering.
The Prosecutor contends that Juan Ramon R. began the concealment of his income and assets to the Treasury Department in the 1980’s.
Since then, according to prosecution, the alleged tax evader used different corporate structures in Panama, Belize and several EU countries, like Portugal, Ireland and Spain, in order “to avoid Treasury inspections, to retain the defrauded money without generating suspicions and to reinvest the fees that had been swindled from Treasury, year after year.â€
“Through the companies created, the defendant could allocate in Panama most of the profit he generated in Spain with two tuna trading companies: “Transatun, S.A.†in Pontevedra and “Pesquera Aquamar†in Santander.