The keys of the war for the 65 million between King Emeritus and Corinna Larsen | Spain

It is not just a matter of honor. The underground contest between Juan Carlos I YS continuesU ex -partner Corinna Larsen For the 65 million that the Ministry of Finance of Saudi Arabia transferred in 2008 the then head of the State to an opaque counts in Switzerland. At 87, installed for fiscal reasons in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), and with an increasingly fragile health, King Emeritus has decided to dig up the war ax and sue the German consultant with which he maintained a long sentimental relationship.

In the demand for alleged fraud, presented by a Swiss lawyer, the emeritus King claims 70 million and claims to feel “deceived” by Larsen and by the lawyer Dante Canonica, one of the two people who secretly administered his fortune. This requires 3, 5 million. The conciliation ceremony was held last Friday in Geneva, but was postponed because the notification had not arrived in Canonica. For four years this lawyer has lived out of Switzerland.

The battle for the money that Juan Carlos I donated to Larsen in 2012 “irrevocable” concluded years ago with the German consultant as winner. The waters seemed calm, the media storm had escaped, but the emeritus King, advised by his London lawyers, has decided to return to the phalla It was unscathed thanks to his immunity Real and the prescription of several crimes.

It was that summer when Yves Belyrssa, A seasoned Swiss prosecutor broke into a central yellow building, in the center of Geneva, on the shores of the Rhone River, and lifted the carpets of the Fund manager Arturo Fasana, A veteran administrator of unconfessable fortunes that handled more than 1,000 million in deposits, most Spaniards. There discovered Panamanian society Lucumwhose name entered into Mirabaud & Cie the 65 million sent to the then head of state by the king of Saudi Arabia, Abdalá Bin Abdulazizdeceased in 2015.

Opposition and surprise

Almost anyone from the intimate circle of Juan Carlos I, including the faithful friends who come to visit Abu Dabi, understands or supports this judicial initiative in Switzerland, nor the recent demand against Miguel Ángel Revillathe former president of Cantabria, for his demonstrations in the media. All those consulted confess to having transmitted their opposition.

« When the storm had passed, she has put her personal mistakes again, very important, about her political career. Someone is advising her very badly, » criticizes one of his most loyal relatives, a man with whom he shared many secrets. Others have witnessed how his English lawyers encouraged him to take this step when in 2023 he won the demand that Larsen filed in London for harassment and alleged espionage. Some accusations that is framed in the attempts of Juan Carlos I to return the 65 million. The consultant affirmed in her demand that when refusing to return the money, the emeritus king « sipaled it » before the King of Saudi Arabia, Salmán Bin Abdulaziz, and the heir prince of the Saudi crown.

That judicial victory infected Juan Carlos I the euphoria of his lawyers and was about to claim the money by judicial means, but his friends stopped him. Now, some of the members of this intimate circle are the first surprised. And they explain it like this: « The English lawyers encouraged her to denounce her, but we advise her not. It is nonsense and harms Zarzuela and Felipe VI, ”summarizes another. Neither the king nor his advisors have been consulted on this lawsuit, but the latter do not hide their discomfort.

The Hispanic-Libio Secretary

Some of the closest to King emeritus point as a hunter of the idea to ABDERRAMÁN THE ASSIR, 74the Hispanic-Libio arms merchant, refugee in Abu Dhabi, which frequently accompanies the former state of the State. A character from the jetmarried and separated from a Spanish, who without blush and before witnesses has proposed to « monetize » his legacy. He and his son -in -law, lawyer Hugo Linares act as secretaries of Juan Carlos I and attend to his agenda. « Call Hugo, » King Emeritus frequently specifies his interlocutors.

The Assir has in force an international search and capture order of France where he was sentenced in the absence of five years in prison for the Karachigatea submarine sales scandal. Other similar order issued by a Spanish court For a 90 million fiscal debt has just prescribed without being arrested. The arms merchant has enjoyed freedom even though An investigation by El País revealed its presence In the United Arab Emirates and his close relationship with Juan Carlos I. « If you are with this I will not see you, I said once. I would not be surprised that the Asser is influencing his decisions. It is not the best company, » confesses a businessman and friend of his most intimate circle.

Before receiving the demand, Larsen has already launched its communication strategy, a field in which it moves like a fish in the water. And he has launched a new argument: he affirms that he offered Juan Carlos I to return the 65 million in an account in Spain, to his name and through communication to the Treasury. And that he rejected it. At the moment he has not contributed evidence of this offer or the supposed negative. The consultant has not answered the questions of this newspaper.

For love and for necessity

« Why did Juan Carlos and those 65 million give him? » Asked the prosecutor Yves Belyssa to Larsen during the Capital laundering investigation that opened against her and finally filed. « He offered me that money for gratitude and love ”, He replied. An answer similar to what he gave to this journalist when, in March 2020, he discovered the payment of Saudi Arabia, the Switzerland and the subsequent donation to Larsen. « In 2012, our client received an unre requested gift from King Emeritus, who described him as a form of donation for her and her son, with whom he had fond. He had spent several years of poor health, during which our client took care of him, » He justified El País, his lawyer Robin Ratmell,

Larsen’s version does not fit the facts. The media earthquake of elephant hunting in Botsuana and the fall of the then king forced him to move the money. The president and the main managers of Mirabaud & CIE, the Genebrino Bank where 65 million were hidden, declared prosecutor Bertossa that forced the manager of Juan Carlos I to cancel his account after the Botsuana scandal. Although the account documents They were hidden in a safe and knew only the six main Entity partners, Yves Mirabaud, president of the bank And his partners feared to be discovered. It was then, when the donation was made to Corinna, that he had five accounts in his name and his mother in the same entity. This transferred money to one of his twelve societies in tax havens. In this case, to an account of the Gonet & CIE bank in Nassau (Bahamas).

The architect of that shortcut to save the money was Canonica Dantethe experienced Swiss lawyer who directed and created the opaque structure of the foundation Lucum Where 65 million were hidden, the man who traveled to the zarzuela to inform the then head of the state of the movement of his accounts. A key character that King Emeritus has also put in the point of sight of his demand of course fraud.

Two folios and two firms

A simple writing of two folios, revealed by this newspapercertified the donation. And he established that he would not be turned back in the event of the death of the recipient, that is, from Larsen, 59, « or the donor » of the donor, of 87. The document adds that if the donor dies, the recipient of the donation « has no obligation to return it to his heirs. » The donation does not affect the rights of the forced heirs, that is, the King Felipe VI already his sisters Elena and Cristina, children of Juan Carlos I. The brief certificate is signed by the donor and the receiver. The Swiss lawyer of King Emeritus now tries to invalidate this document, claims 70 million and affirms that he did not know that Canonica represented Larsen when he did the donation.

An unsolved enigma about Canonica’s performance is why before the closing of Juan Carlos I’s account He transferred 3.5 million from it to an account in the name of its Dolphin society at the Swiss Bank Pictet & Cie in Nassau (Bahamas), the same fiscal paradise where the 65 million that the emeritus king sent to Larsen were hidden. « I have regularized my situation before the Hacienda de Geneva, » explained the lawyer when Belysta interrogated him about that income that, according to him, authorized the then head of state. Now, Juan Carlos I also claims that amount.

Canonica is a specialist in Financial Law, Society and Fortune Administration. He created almost all Instrumental societies, at least 12, in tax havens that the German consultant used to acquire millionaire properties. After archiving the prosecutor Bertossa the case for money laundering In which he was investigated with Larsen, he left his office in Geneva, left him in the hands of one of his children and retired to a farm in the field.

The secrets that this discreet lawyer treasures will be a weapon with which to defend against the demand of your former client. Larsen said goodbye to Dante in his cards and emails with this premonitory phrase: « Cross the Fingers » (crosses the fingers).