ESPAÑA BUSCA UNA CONDENA DE 5 AÑOS DE PRISION Y 300 MILLONES DE EUROS CONTRA JORGE MAS SANTOS POR DESFALCOEn junio del 2010 el sistema judicial de España aplicó todo el peso de la ley contra Jorge Más Santos cuando un fiscal anti-corrupción pidió el congelamiento y embargo de todos los activos (propiedades) de la familia de Más Santos en los Estados Unidos, como resultado del veredicto de una corte por el desfalco y la bancarrota inducida de la compañía “Sintel”, una empresa afiliada a la estatal “Telefónica” de España. La corte busca 300 millones de euros y 5 años de prisión para Más Santos y otros 7 co-acusados.
Jorge Más Santos es el Chairman de Mastec, una compañía proveedora de servicios de telecomunicaciones, y actual Chairman de la Fundación Cubano Americana, una controversial organización anti-castrista con base en Miami, creada por su ya fallecido padre el poderoso cabildero Jorge Más Canosa. En 1996 “Sintel”, entonces una compañía estatal de telecomunicaciones afiliada a la “Telefónica”, fue privatizada y vendida a “Mastec”.
El fiscal, José Grinda, presentó las evidencias estableciendo más allá de toda duda razonable, que Jorge Más Santos, con intención maliciosa, transfirió las acciones de “Sintel” a varias corporaciones que realizaban sus transacciones financieras en los llamados “paraísos fiscales”. De acuerdo a los archivos de la corte, Más Santos sacó los activos de capital de “Sintel” y los transfirió a cuatro corporaciones “fantasma” en las Islas Vírgenes.
La descapitalización y bancarrota de “Sintel” y la patética descripción del desfalco de Más Santos y su impacto en los 1,800 empleados que perdieron sus empleos, fue ampliamente cubierto por la prensa española. El 29 de enero del 2007, el diario “El País”, el periódico de mayor circulación en España, presentó al público las evidencias del fiscal mostrando que el 4 de diciembre de 1999 las subsidiarias de “Sintel” en Argentina, Perú, Venezuela, Chile, Brasil y México fueron transferidas a corporaciones en las Islas Vírgines. En agosto del 2001, “Sintel” fue declarada en bancarrota.
En Madrid, Katherine Cheng, escribiendo para el muy respetado diario “ABC”, describió la tragedia humana de cientos de empleados que perdieron sus trabajos por el desastre “inducido” de “Sintel”. Cheng reportó que los trabajadores “armados con catres y tiendas de campaña” crearon una ciudadela en el “Paseo de la Castellana”, la principal avenida de Madrid, a solo unos pasos de las puertas del Ministerio de Finanzas. Los trabajadores en el llamado “Campamento de la Esperanza” estaban practicando la desobediencia civil. Su protesta duró seis meses hasta que el gobierno de España acordó con el sindicato mitigar la tragedia económica de los trabajadores y les concedió pagos parciales de sus salarios.
Según el fiscal del Estado, en su premura por apropiarse de todos los fondos disponibles, el grupo de Jorge Más Santos tomó también el dinero de 10 nóminas más el dinero de los pagos del seguro y los planes de pensiones de los trabajadores. Europa Press reportó que el fraude, desfalco y bancarrota inducida de Jorge Más Santos en “Sintel” puede totalizar cientos de millones de euros. Uno de los trabajadores desempleados declaró: “Los estamos acusando de corrupción, un crimen cuyas víctimas somos nosotros”.
El fiscal acusó a Jorge Más Santos y sus asociados de Miami de despojar a “Sintel” de sus activos y poner los dineros fuera del alcance de la jurisdicción de España. El 10 de junio del 2010, el Juez Santiago Pedraz, ordenó a Jorge Más Santos y los otros 7 acusados presentarse ante la corte para responder por los cargos presentados contra ellos por el sistema judicial de España. Además, el fiscal del Estado ha pedido a las cortes de los Estados Unidos que congelen y embarguen los activos financieros de la familia de Más Santos en los Estados Unidos. España reclama 300 millones de euros y 5 años de prisión para Jorge Más Santos y sus 7 socios en el caso de desfalco de “Sintel”.
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SPAIN IS SEEKING 300 MILLION EUROS AND FIVE YEARS JAIL SENTENCE TO JORGE MAS SANTOS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
In June 2010 Spain’s judicial system applied the full weight of the law against Jorge Mas Santos when the anticorruption prosecutor requested the freezing and embargo of all the Mas Santos family assets in the United States, as a result of a court verdict of embezzlement and induced bankruptcy of “Sintel”, an affiliate of the Spanish telephone company “Telefonica”. The court is seeking 300 million euros and five years jail sentence for Mas Santos and seven co-defendants.
Jorge Mas Santos is the Chairman of Mastec, a telecommunication service provider and current chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation, a controversial Miami based, anti Castro organization, founded by his deceased father, the powerful lobbyist Jorge Mas Canosa. In 1996 “Sintel”, a state owned telecommunication affiliate of “Telefonica”, was turned into a private corporation and sold to “Mastec.”
The prosecutor, Jose Grinda, presented the evidence, establishing beyond reasonable doubts, that Jorge Mas Santos, with malicious intent, transferred “Sintel” stocks to several corporations doing their financial transactions in “fiscal paradises.” According to the court records, Mas Santos stripped and transferred “Sintel” capital assests to four phantom corporations in the Virgin Islands.
The induced de-capitalization and bankruptcy of “Sintel” and the poignant description of Mas Santos’s embezzlement impact on 1,800 employees that lost their jobs, was widely covered by the Spanish press. On January 29, 2007, “El Pais”, Spain’s largest circulation newspaper, offered to the public the prosecutor’s evidence that on December 4, 1999, the Sintel’s subsidiaries in Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and Mexico were transferred to corporations in the Virgin Islands. In August 2001, “Sintel” was declared bankrupt.
In Madrid, Katherine Cheng, writing for the highly respected ABC newspaper, described the human tragedy of hundreds of employees that lost their jobs in the induced “Sintel” disaster. She reported that workers “armed with sleeping bags and tents” created a virtual village alongside the “Paseo de la Castellana”, Madrid’s main avenue, right on the doorsteps of the Ministry of Finance. The workers in the so called “Camp of Hope” (Campamento de la Esperanza) were practicing civil disobedience. Their protest lasted six months, then the government of Spain agreed with the workers’ union on mitigating the workers’ financial distress and granted partial payments of their wages.
According to the state prosecutor, in their rush to get hold of all available funds, the Jorge Mas Santos’ group took the money from 10 payrolls, plus the insurance payments and pension plans of the workers. Europe Press reported that the Mas Santos “Sintel” fraud, embezzlement and induced bankruptcy could top hundred of millions of euros. One of the layoff workers stated: “We are accusing them of corruption, a crime whose victims we are.”
The prosecutor charged Jorge Mas Santos and his Miami associates of stripping “Sintel” of its assets and putting the monies outside the reach of the jurisdiction of Spain. On June 10, 2010 Judge Santiago Pedraz ordered Mas Santos and seven co-defendants to appear in court to answer all the charges presented against them by the Spanish judicial system. In addition, the state prosecutor has requested that the U.S. court freeze and embargo the financial assets of the Mas Santos’ family in the United States. Spain is seeking 300 million euros and a five years jail sentence for Jorge Mas Santos and his seven partners in the “Sintel” embezzlement case.
In June 2010 Spain’s judicial system applied the full weight of the law against Jorge Mas Santos when the anticorruption prosecutor requested the freezing and embargo of all the Mas Santos family assets in the United States, as a result of a court verdict of embezzlement and induced bankruptcy of “Sintel”, an affiliate of the Spanish telephone company “Telefonica”. The court is seeking 300 million euros and five years jail sentence for Mas Santos and seven co-defendants.
Jorge Mas Santos is the Chairman of Mastec, a telecommunication service provider and current chairman of the Cuban American National Foundation, a controversial Miami based, anti Castro organization, founded by his deceased father, the powerful lobbyist Jorge Mas Canosa. In 1996 “Sintel”, a state owned telecommunication affiliate of “Telefonica”, was turned into a private corporation and sold to “Mastec.”
The prosecutor, Jose Grinda, presented the evidence, establishing beyond reasonable doubts, that Jorge Mas Santos, with malicious intent, transferred “Sintel” stocks to several corporations doing their financial transactions in “fiscal paradises.” According to the court records, Mas Santos stripped and transferred “Sintel” capital assests to four phantom corporations in the Virgin Islands.
The induced de-capitalization and bankruptcy of “Sintel” and the poignant description of Mas Santos’s embezzlement impact on 1,800 employees that lost their jobs, was widely covered by the Spanish press. On January 29, 2007, “El Pais”, Spain’s largest circulation newspaper, offered to the public the prosecutor’s evidence that on December 4, 1999, the Sintel’s subsidiaries in Argentina, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Brazil and Mexico were transferred to corporations in the Virgin Islands. In August 2001, “Sintel” was declared bankrupt.
In Madrid, Katherine Cheng, writing for the highly respected ABC newspaper, described the human tragedy of hundreds of employees that lost their jobs in the induced “Sintel” disaster. She reported that workers “armed with sleeping bags and tents” created a virtual village alongside the “Paseo de la Castellana”, Madrid’s main avenue, right on the doorsteps of the Ministry of Finance. The workers in the so called “Camp of Hope” (Campamento de la Esperanza) were practicing civil disobedience. Their protest lasted six months, then the government of Spain agreed with the workers’ union on mitigating the workers’ financial distress and granted partial payments of their wages.
According to the state prosecutor, in their rush to get hold of all available funds, the Jorge Mas Santos’ group took the money from 10 payrolls, plus the insurance payments and pension plans of the workers. Europe Press reported that the Mas Santos “Sintel” fraud, embezzlement and induced bankruptcy could top hundred of millions of euros. One of the layoff workers stated: “We are accusing them of corruption, a crime whose victims we are.”
The prosecutor charged Jorge Mas Santos and his Miami associates of stripping “Sintel” of its assets and putting the monies outside the reach of the jurisdiction of Spain. On June 10, 2010 Judge Santiago Pedraz ordered Mas Santos and seven co-defendants to appear in court to answer all the charges presented against them by the Spanish judicial system. In addition, the state prosecutor has requested that the U.S. court freeze and embargo the financial assets of the Mas Santos’ family in the United States. Spain is seeking 300 million euros and a five years jail sentence for Jorge Mas Santos and his seven partners in the “Sintel” embezzlement case.
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CANDELA!
Seguro que Obama lo ayuda a salir del hueco.......
Que desgracia. Un descrédito para Jorge Mas Canosa que tanto luchó por Cuba.
CURRA ENVIDIOSA
TE MANDO UNA BOTELLA PARA QUE TOMES "PORT CULLOUGH"
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