A judge blocks the Kosmos bank account linked to Gerard Piqué

The jueza commissioned to investigate the presumptive facts of corruption aroused in the Real Spanish Federation of Football (RFEF), Delia Rodrigo, has ordered the blockade of a pertaining banking account to the signature Kosmos Football S.L., property of the historical exzaguero of the FC Barcelona and the selection of Spain, Gerard Piqué. This determination was carried out after knowing a judicial car issued this Tuesday, movement developed in the frame of the 'Operation Brodie'.

The account blocked is that in which the company founded in the City Condal in the year 2017 received the payments from the Saudi Federation by the organization of the Supercopa of Spain in Arabia. As it explains the car, this measure adopts with the aim to prevent that this society can have with freedom of the commission of 3 M€ that perceives by each edition that carries out of this contest, from the signature SELA Company Sport.

On the other hand, SELA will be able to follow making these traspasos. Nevertheless, any quantity that this Arab company contribution will be immediately impounded. Besides, it fits to stand out that the jueza ensures the availability of the bottoms in case that Kosmos Football S.L. It was considered civil responsibility in relation with this investigation.

Gerard Piqué still is not imputed in this investigation

In this sense, suits recalcar that Gerard Piqué still is not imputed in this case of corruption. However, the jueza Delia Rodrigo, as it has informed, has requested to some 15 banks that provide information on 96 accounts to name of the current president of the Kings League. Besides, in relation with the blockade of the accounts, as it commented through 'ACE', the company Kosmos has remembered that the measure is of character "cautelar" and has left clear that will present a resource, since they consider that this determination is "disproportionate" to the not to fulfil "the requirements to adopt a measure cautelar of this type".

"There is not at all that it involve a crime committed neither by Kosmos neither by Gerard Piqué. The report of the UCO collected in the summary specifies that it does not detect any irregularity in the analysis of the accounts of Kosmos, neither neither payments with destination to accounts titled by physical and juridical people linked to the directors of the RFEF investigated", explained from Kosmos to 'ACE'.