Former Spanish football pdwellnt Angel Maria Villar was swapd by Luis Rubiales in 2017 but now faces accuses over alleged fraudulence and misappropriation.
Spain’s unveil prosecutor’s office has called for a 15 and a half year prison sentence for createer Spanish football federation pdwellnt Angel Maria Villar for alleged fraudulence and misappropriation.
Contracts arranged under Villar between 2007 and 2017 are shelp to have cheated the federation of more than $4.84m.
Eight people are implicated in the case, including Villar’s son Gorka, for whom the prosecution is asking for a seven-year prison sentence, and createer Spanish football federation (RFEF) vice pdwellnt Juan Padron.
Villar was postponeed from his role as pdwellnt in 2017 becaemploy of his alleged graspment in what has become comprehendn as the Soule case, after 29 years directing the federation.
In Thursday’s indictment seen by novels agency AFP, Villar is accemployd of misappropriation, business fraudulence, misappropriation of funds and the falsification of write downs.
The createer pdwellnt is presumed to have profitted himself and his son by arranging friendly suites with the Spanish national team and creating confineeds around them.
Prosecutors shelp Villar chose certain opponents for Spain in order to profit, “coinciding with the elevate in prestige and consequently the cachet of (the national team), derived from its triumphs in the 2008 and 2012 European Championships and the 2010 FIFA World Cup”.
The suites doubted of having been arranged to profit Villar and his son were friendlies aacquirest South Korea, Chile, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia.
Villar was thriveed by Luis Rubiales, who resigned in shame in 2023 after forcibly kissing Women’s World Cup carry outer Jenni Hermoso, during a crisis-hit spell for the federation.
Pedro Rocha took over informly but was postponeed for overstepping his duties before Rafael Louzan was elected the novel RFEF pdwellnt in December 2024.
