Negreira case

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The Negreira case is a sports corruption investigation involving Spanish football club Barcelona and José María Enríquez Negreira, a former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees (CTA) of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF). The case centers on payments totaling €7.4 million, made by Barcelona to companies linked to Negreira between 2001 and 2018, during his time as the Vice President of the CTA. Barcelona claim they hired Negreira as an external consultant to provide technical reports on refereeing. Negreira has denied being bribed to influence refereeing decisions, though he has said that Barcelona paid him to ensure they had neutrality in the arbitrages. In May 2024, a Spanish court dismissed the "official's bribery" charges, ruling that Negreira was not considered a public official under Spanish law. However, the investigation continued under the charge of sports corruption. In late August 2024, prosecutors also accused Negreira's associate, Ana Paula Rufas,...

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