Joan Laporta, cited as being investigated for an alleged scam in 2016

The Court of Instruction 22 of Barcelona has summoned the president of FC Barcelona, ​​Joan Laporta, to be declared under investigation on January 16, following a complaint for an alleged crime of fraud that occurred in 2016, as reported by the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) in a statement this Monday.

The head of the court has also cited as defendants the vice president of the Blaugrana club, Rafael Yuste, and two other former directors: the economist Xavier Sala i Martín and the former general director Joan Oliver.

According to ‘El Periódico’, the accusation is related to an alleged scam of 100,000 euros from an investor through two companies linked to those investigated in exchange for a return of 6%, although the affected party claims that she only recovered 12,500 euros of the investment.

Initially, the complaint was filed, but an appeal filed before the Court of Barcelona forced the case to be reopened in November, when the court understood that “the evidence provided by the complainant is sufficient to, at the very least, initiate an investigative activity.”

Now, the instructor also requests that representatives of Core Store and CSSB Limited appear on the same date, two companies with which those investigated allegedly have a connection and that would supposedly be related to the investment.