Matter relates to activities at Spain’s refereeing committeeBarcelona have denied any wrongdoing over payments
Barcelona’s president, Joan Laporta, is under formal investigation for suspected bribery in relation to two decades of activities at Spain’s refereeing committee, according to a court document seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
In March prosecutors filed a complaint over alleged payments of more than €7.3m over 17 years to firms owned by José María Enríquez Negreira, who was vice-president of the Spanish football federation’s refereeing committee from 1993 to 2018.
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