Spain’s former king received alleged €1.7m donation from ruler of Bahrain, Swiss probe shows

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Spain’s former king received alleged €1.7m donation from ruler of Bahrain, Swiss probe shows

Arturo Fasana, the former monarch’s fund manager, tells prosecutors he deposited the money in a bank account for Juan Carlos I

José María Irujo Madrid - 02 may 2020 - 13:08 CEST

In 2010, Spain’s emeritus king Juan Carlos I was in Geneva to hand nearly $1.9 million (€1.7 million) – a gift he had allegedly received from the king of Bahrain – to Arturo Fasana, the manager of his Swiss bank account at the private lender Maribaud, according to the latter’s statements to Geneva’s chief prosecutor Yves Bertossa, to which EL PAÍS has had access.

The Swiss justice system is investigating a Panama-based foundation named Lucum where Spain’s former monarch was named as its first beneficiary. Lire la suite.

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