Former BES boss celebrates 80th birthday in Swiss mansion ‘hideaway’
Tabloid Correio da Manhã has given over a full page today on an article on the 80th birthday bash of former BES president Ricardo Salgado – already condemned to jail
BES banking scandal: dozens of crimes almost certain to lapse this year
Observador reminds the country this week that dozens of crimes relating to the most catastrophic banking scandal in Portugal’s history are headed for the wastepaper basket. The BES/ GES banking
Experts suggest former BES boss “exaggerating” Alzheimer’s symptoms
Defence dismisses observations Former BES boss Ricardo Salgado’s potential ‘Get out of Jail’ card (his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s) appears to have been put at risk by observations by two ‘experts
BES bank collapse trial pushed back to mid-June
The start of the trial in the BES/GES case has been postponed once again from May 28 to 18 June due to delays in notifying one of the defendants, the
Suspected fraudster claims asset seizures “threaten his economic subsistence”
Álvaro Sobrinho – former BES Angola boss – “can’t pay his bills” Álvaro Sobrinho – best known in Portugal as the former head of BES Angola, on whose watch hundreds
Clearly fragile Ricardo Salgado arrives in court over EDP corruption case
Former “boss of all this” at BES says very little A clearly fragile Ricardo Salgado, the former BES banking chief cited for dozens of crimes in various cases of corruption,
Former BES banker – cited in multiple criminal cases – “gets lost in own home”
Ricardo Salgado’s wife gives intensely sad update The wife of Portugal’s former BES bank chief Ricardo Salgado has told a court today that her husband “has no independence whatsoever” due
BES trial ‘bombshell’: Judge drops issue of compensation
Bank’s “damaged” investors forced into civil proceedings In another ‘breaking news story’ this morning, SIC Notícias reports that the judge hearing the BES case – due to come to trial
Date for BES trial moves forwards, almost decade since bank collapsed
Almost 10 years since BES collapsed, causing damages of around €11.8 billion, the trial of those considered guilty of its mismanagement will be moving forwards. Considered one of the largest
Former banking boss, 79, launches ‘last ditch’ appeal against 8-years behind bars
… a sentence that will kill him, argues defence Ricardo Salgado, the former CEO of Banco Espírito Santo (BES), the private Portuguese bank that collapsed in 2014 in a scandal