Moura: hunters club directors tried to divert hunted money.
Eight men and one woman aged 34 and 62 year old, all natural and living in Moura, start today to be tried in the Court of Beja County, being six defendants accused of embezzlement crimes and three of crimes recetação.
In the case investigated by the Department of Investigation and Penal Action (DCIAP) Évora, They are allocated to some members who coordinated and ran the Mourense Club Fishing Amateur Sports and Hunting (CMAPCD), based in the city of Moura, between 2006 and 2010, the diversion of large amounts of club accounts and deposited in its own bank accounts and third.
When they were heard by DCIAP, the six defendants argue that the institution had expenditure above 321 thousand euros, but this value, more than 147 thousand euros have no documentary support, money that investigators believe was "embedded in its financial sphere", the joining plus about 6.500 euros, Supported by third party documents, not club.
At the time that the process began to be investigated, in November 2010, Moura was talk of "embezzled two million euros", values ​​that whistleblowers believe can prove in court, since in many cases, the researchers considered "be indiscernible calculate their total value".
Among the arguments is the fact that the regulation of the hunting section provide that users hunters Associative Hunting Zone not whether or not they reside in Moura, They had to pay 2.500 EUR jewel cases and has happened in that amount was 5.000 euros.
The investigation began on a complaint in the prosecution of Moura 2008, three members of the community, which led inspectors Faro Directorate of the Judicial Police to log out house searches in the club hunting lodge and in the home of three of the six individuals identified as the authors of the deviation.
On that promoted searches, 9 November 2010, inspectors found at home of the three leaders, 2.290 euro cash, who believe they have been from the collection of an additional quota applied months before the hunters members of the community.
During the investigation the PJ, She rummaged through the bank accounts of the club and involved, picking up the trail of several cash deposits and checks, during the 4 years regards the complaint. The researchers also concluded that one of the defendants, Francisco F., He used the child accounts, daughter and son in law, to "deposit money club", being the three indicted individuals recetação crime.
The process comprises 10 volumes e 11 Joined, which contained different bank documents, has 67 enrolled as prosecution witnesses, and a financial expert of the Judicial Police.
Teixeira Correia
(journalist)
