A Fairfruit Portugal, Sole, Lda., It crosses an insolvency process, was the target of the removal of all external and interior goods by order of the insolvency administrator. Creditors lawyers are unaware of the situation.
Target of an insolvency process that entered the Civil and Criminal Court of Beja in 5 April last year, required by DESINFESTEX – Agro, S.A., Sentence of insolvency was rendered.
In addition to the requesting company, are creditors of Fairfruit Portugal, Sole, Lda., The Agriculture Alves Sect, Provision and Consulting, UNIPESSOAL LDA, o BNP PARIBAS LEASE GROUP, SA A Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A and Leiribeja, LDA fuel society..
In recent days a company linked to the recovery of insolvent goods, withdrawn goods with monetary value for the process.
Settlement were served and the seal, Pasting Doors, Heads and withdrawn various goods from the interior of the building that has now been without doors and at the mercy that you want to vandalize.
The Lidador News (LN) questioned the judge of the local civil and criminal court of Beja holder of the case about whether the situation was legal and who had given the order was answered that: “The judgment that decreed the insolvency determines the seizure of assets by the insolvency administrator, to whom the acts of seizure and settlement of assets of the insolvent. All clarifications must be requested from the insolvency administrator, not competing for this Court to proceed to any criminal participation â€.
LN contacted by mail and telephone the insolvency administrator, Miguel Ribas Fernandes, With office in Viana do Castelo, They did not provide any clarifications. Contacted the lawyer of one of the creditors, he said he was aware of any order to order to seize goods.
Earlier this week a Golder Terraplanage, S.A., located in Moita, The one that is associated with José António H. Nunes Severino, known for working on the recovery of insolvency goods.
In September 2021, an RTP report realized that: Despite the two credit recovery companies of António Nunes and José Severino being investigated by the Judiciary Police for several violent arrests that emptied companies from north to south of the country, The truth is that these little brothers continue to star in illegal pledges, accompanied by authority agents â€.
Fairfruit a ruinous investment in Beja
In April 2017, Beja City Council under CDU management, led by João Rocha, ceded a space in the business reception zone, to install a product packaging factory there, that prior to breeding near 35 jobs and which is being abandoned.
In order to facilitate the installation of the company in the São Miguel Horta, the executive meeting of the Chamber of Beja de 21 October 2015, approved the availability of four lots of land with a total area of 9.493,44 m2, the price of 0,25 euros / m2, totaling 2.373,37 euros. In 2 March 2016 approved the increase of plots of land, two lots were approved, with a total area of 5.222,96 m2, for the same price 0,25 euros / m2, totaling 1.305,74 euros. In other words, were made available in total, 14.616,40 m2 at the cost of 3.678,11 euros.
The work cost more than 13,7 million, received over 8,2 million euros of financial support from the European Union through the Competitiveness and Internationalization Operational Program.
A Fairfruit Group, based in Switzerland and present in Hungary, Austria, France, Spain and Portugal, where the focus was the production of stone fruit and also olive oil.
“King of fruit†convicted of abuse of tax trust
Pascal René Felley, of 58 year old, residing in Hungary, known as the “King of Fruitâ€, and the company Olicorsos, Lda, based in Beja, managed by the Swiss businessman were sentenced by the Court of Beja to fines for committing the continued crime of abuse of fiscal trust.
The “Fruit King†was sentenced to 160 fine days, the fee of 7 euros/day, which makes up the global amount of 1.120 euros, what they correspond to 106 subsidiary prison days. In turn, the company will have to pay 1.400 euros, resulting from the penalty of 200 fine days, the fee of 7 euros / day.
The defendant did not appear at trial, taking place in March of this year, while the process is pending, payment of amounts owed to the Federal Revenue Service (AT) and which he had unlawfully retained in his possession.
Pascal René Felley, did not deliver to AT the amount of 18.554,81 euros, relating to tax on property income, resulting from the conclusion of two land lease contracts in the municipality of Ferreira do Alentejo. In 15 February 2013, paid 92.774,02 euros relating to rent 2022, withholding at source 25% regarding taxes owed.
The company Olicorsos,Lda delivered the declaration, but its manager retained the amounts that did not reach the AT coffers, which triggered the criminal process after the land rental company made a deduction from the total IRC collection, which allowed him to recover his 18.554,81 euros, not handed over by the defendants.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
