Following an appeal of the Prosecutor, the judge Santiago Pedraz has issued precautionary measures against Andreu Subi, vice-president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), and right hand of president Luis Rubiales. Subi, who was arrested on 30 October for the alleged diversion of 518.000 euros from the coffers to federal, was released a day after on quality of investigation, but without precautionary measures. Now, you need to go once a month for the court to avoid the risk of leakage. The non-imposition of precautionary measures was the main argument put forward by the Federation to maintain in the position to Subi, after being jnterrogado and released by the judge in quality of the accused. “The Board of Directors of the RFEF has agreed today to maintain their functions to the vice-president, Andreu Subi, who has made available his office during his intervention in this governing body, this option has been rejected, The Board considers it essential to respect the presumption of innocence, and for this reason, it has been determined that Andreu Subi must continue to develop its work with absolute normality, given that it was released without any precautionary measure, a fact of utmost importance”, issued by the RFEF in its press release. “The presumption of innocence is fundamental in the case of a person who has been declared for twenty minutes and has been released without any kind of restriction to their freedom, and that is a very Kralbet important fact that is to say,” said Luis Rubiales day after in an appearance in the Canary islands. For the moment, the Federation has not commented on this new situation and has not communicated if this may result in the suspension of Subi.
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In the anonymous complaint against Subi which led to his arrest, denouncing the alleged cost overruns in the remodeling works carried out in 2014 at the headquarters of the Catalan Football Federation. Those renovations were awarded to the real estate Tastavins, the property of the employer, also arrested on 30 October, Jose Contreras, for an amount of 518.702 euros. This amount was paid by the Federation headed by Angel Maria Villar, who in turn maintained a close relationship with Contreras.
Tastavins, of which is not known to have employees, subcontracted the work to a construction company for less than half of that amount. In particular, 239,000 hand-euros. The rest of the paid amount was allegedly diverted to pay for other jobs. In particular, in a restaurant in Cambrils (Tarragona) in the figure, as the administrator of the wife of Subi, and in the private home of this in the same coastal town.
