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Key Witness Rebuts Police Account as Prosecutor Probes CDC Link in Pujol Trial

Whether disputed transfers and loans formed a covert network to enrich the Pujol family is at the core of the case.

Overview

  • Carlos Tusquets testified that he held no joint account or joint investment with Jordi Pujol Ferrusola and called a police report on the Selecta Fund erroneous, noting he only advised Pujol Ferrusola, who invested €635,297.
  • The prosecution highlighted a December 1995 outflow of 50 million pesetas from Pujol Ferrusola’s Andorra account tied to a La Cerdanya restaurant, citing a private agreement directing repayments to his account.
  • Prosecutors also pointed to a €4,409,633 transfer on September 27, 2002 from Andorra to the JP Morgan–managed Selecta Fund and subsequent movements through Delaware, Luxembourg and Geneva, presented as efforts to obscure beneficiaries.
  • Former Benito Arnó executive Juan Alberto Arqués rejected the claim that the company paid Hispart on behalf of Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya, describing Hispart as a regular supplier for event services and equipment.
  • Anticorruption prosecutor Fernando Bermejo is pursuing a line linking the family to CDC financing through Fibanc loans to Altraforma allegedly guaranteed by Andorra funds and repaid with CDC transfers, with further questioning on this expected today.