A Businessman from Alicante and, more specifically, the city of Novelda, is faced with a possible three and a half year prison sentence because supposedly did not return the 341,000 euros he received by mistake from Novelda town hall in 2008. 16 years ago now. The case will be judged this Thursday in the second section of the court. Alicante Provincial Court. The accused is the administrator of a company linked to construction in the same town of Novelda.
The events which mark the case which will be heard this Thursday at the Provincial Court of Alicante take us back to a Spain in the midst of crisis. More precisely, as of September 2, 2008. And as of Novelda Town Hall. Municipality of Alicante located in the region of Medio Vinalopó, near the highway that connects Alicante to Madrid.
According to the prosecution, this September 2 The Town Hall mistakenly made a transfer for these 341,000 euros for the payment of certain works at the local Dance Conservatory. The defendant would not have returned this amount.
Months and years passed. And, in fact, Novelda City Hall only realized its mistake in 2010. Two years later. It was then that the Bank of Spain he asked for the money that, it seems, the Consistory would have admitted it two years earlier, but that it would not have reached the destination for which it was initially intended.
And it is because of this transfer which would have ended up in the account of the businessman, therefore The town hall filed a complaint against the aforementioned businessman, according to ABC. Now, it is the prosecution which accuses the businessman of alleged embezzlement of these 341,000 euros. And this is the origin of the grief he faces. The case will be judged this Thursday, October 3, in the second section of the Alicante Provincial Court.
