Laporta denies signing any contract with investor alleging €100,000 fraud | OneFootball

Joan Laporta has denied signing any contract with an investor who accuses him of a €100,000 fraud, appearing before Barcelona’s Investigating Court number 22. According to El Periódico Mediterráneo, the funds went via Core Store and CSSB Limited for ventures linked to Reus Deportiu.

Laporta said he does not know the investor, left Core Store in 2019, and that the Tax Agency is probing the company. He added Joan Oliver handled those operations.

Oliver, Barcelona vice-president Rafael Yuste and economist Xavier Sala i Martín are also under investigation and have been re-summoned to testify in coming weeks.

The complainant invested for a promised six per cent return, splitting the money between Reus’s promotion project, from which about €35,000 was recovered, and €50,000 for shares in a Chinese club, and now seeks the balance plus interest.

Laporta’s lawyers say almost all funds were repaid between 2023 and 2025, calling it a contractual dispute, not a crime. Jordi Pujante says the complaint relies on half truths and tendentious clippings, adds some ventures failed due to Covid, and insists Laporta signed no contract.

Oriola says they will file a document bearing Laporta’s signature and plans to seek a six-year prison term for the accused. He says Laporta led Core Store until 2019 and remains a partner.

Separate cases include an alleged four point seven million euro fraud involving a lottery-winning family, a €50,000 CSSB Limited investment linked to Beijing Institute of Technology, and a probe against Joan Oliver that has been dismissed again.

Source: El Periódico Mediterráneo