There were holidays, travel, indirect bank transfers and deliveries in cash. In total, the prosecutors recorded EUR 1.5 million which increased from Carlos Santos Silva, manager of construction, to José Sócrates, between early 2012 and the time of the former prime minister’s arrest and his friend in November 2014
According to the weekly Expresso, more than half the value will be documented with transfer orders and invoices, and for 650 thousand euros that were delivered in cash at different times:. wiretaps allowed associate account withdrawals Santos Silva to requests for José Sócrates, that the phone demanded money referring to “dossier leaves”, “books” or “copies”.
Although, according to José Socrates, all money transfers to bypass mere personal loans, the prosecution argues, in response to the appeal request of the defense of former prime minister – who wants to release him from custody – that can not be loans since did not exist a single return of part of José Sócrates, which then used the money to give or lend to others.
The team led by Rosario Teixeira prosecutor assured the judges judges that the facts discovered during the investigation is “more than enough” to justify the permanence of Jose Socrates in prison of Évora, featuring writes Expresso ten schemes used by two friends to fool the authorities as the “financial relationship” between them. If you were at liberty, claims the prosecutor, José Sócrates could continue to forge documents to justify the financial movements of the past.
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