Recognition for “the only BES banker who said sorry”
José Manuel Espírito Santos dies after prolonged illness There has been recognition this weekend over the death of former BES banker José Manuel Espírito Santo, 77. “He was the only
Portuguese State has no obligation to indemnify BES victims
European Court of Human Rights puts cherry on the cake of victims’ misery The Portuguese State does not have to indemnify victims of the BES banking fraud that caused so
Lisbon appeal court rejects separating BES defendants’ case
Defendants have argued they will be prejudiced if they are heard by Portuguese courts The Lisbon Court of Appeal has rejected the appeal by the Swiss defendants in the BES
BES victims see judge’s removal as “an opportunity”
Opens way to addressing destination of seized assets Definitely working on the ‘glass half-full concept, the lawyer representing the roughly 1,600 victims of the BES banking collapse eight years ago
BES trial “at risk”
Judge’s health issues inch towards moment where ‘crimes’ could lapse The pre-trail hearing of the BES/GES case – the criminal investigation involving the largest private banking collapse in Portuguese history,
Judge returns fortune to BES boss-of-all-this cousin before taking open-ended sick leave
Judge Ivo Rosa didn’t just called in sick on the eve of the opening of the ‘most complex criminal inquiry in the history of Portuguese investigation’ (click here), he did
BES: “most complex criminal inquiry in history of Portuguese investigation” doesn’t get off the ground as scheduled …
The instruction phase of the BES/ GES ‘mega-case’ was due to begin today, over seven years since the banking empire imploded, costing (still costing) the Portuguese taxpayer untold billions. In
BES victims concerned as judges release over a million euros
The last couple of weeks have seen two judicial decisions release well over a million euros held back in the so-called BES/ GES banking investigation. Representatives of the hundreds of
Probe opens into ‘phone tap’ potentially incriminating judge famous for snubbing public prosecutors
The Superior Council of Magistrature has opened an investigation into a bizarre ‘phone tap’, suggesting judge Ivo Rosa could be bribed. It’s not even certain that this tap is ‘genuine’
“Time to pay-up”, former BES “boss-of-it-all” loses assets worth €3.7 million
Former BES ‘boss-of-it-all’ Ricardo Salgado has reached the moment where “the order for execution of seized assets” has been given for one of the fines issued since his family’s bank