Mr. Urdangarin and his main business partner, Diego Torres, as well as others involved in the sports and tourism events have denied wrongdoing.
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The son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, who received the title of Duke of Palma after marrying the Infanta Cristina, the king's youngest daughter, is at the center of an investigation into whether he and business partners embezzled public money allocated to sports and tourism events.
A judge in Palma, Majorca, called on the son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, 43, to face questioning on Feb. 6 about allegations that he used his royal credentials to secure multimillion-dollar contracts for his foundation, the Noós Institute, to organize sports and tourism events.
On Wednesday, a judge demanded that Iñaki Urdangarin, the son-in-law of King Juan Carlos, and his former business partner post bond of $11 million as the judiciary deepens its investigation into the possible embezzlement of millions in public money allocated to sports and tourism events.
At the time, prosecutors believe, Mr. Urdangarin and Mr. Torres received about $8 million from the regional governments of the Balearic Islands and Valencia to organize sports and tourism events, and then redirected much of the money to offshore accounts and private businesses, including a real estate firm jointly operated by Mr. Urdangarin and his wife.
The son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin, 44, who became duke of Palma in 1997 upon marrying Cristina, the youngest daughter of the king, was subpoenaed by a judge who has been investigating whether Mr. Urdangarin and business partners embezzled public money allocated to sports and tourism events amounting to as much as €5.8 million, or $7.7 million.
MADRID — A Spanish judge on Wednesday demanded that the son-in-law of King Juan Carlos and his former business partner post bond of $11 million as the state deepens its investigation into whether they embezzled millions of dollars in public money allocated to sports and tourism events.
Investigators contend that Mr. Urdangarin used his royal credentials to secure inflated contracts from regional politicians to organize sports and tourism events through Instituto Nóos, his sports foundation, then siphoned millions of dollars from the contract fees, channeling the money to companies and offshore accounts controlled by him and his associates.
He is alleged to have used his royal credentials to secure multimillion-euro contracts for his foundation from regional authorities in Valencia and the Balearic Islands to organize sports and tourism events, then siphoning off part of the contract fees toward other companies that he and his business associates controlled.
The son-in-law, Iñaki Urdangarin — who became duke of Palma in 1997 upon marrying Cristina, the youngest daughter of the king — is being investigated for allegedly embezzling, together with business partners, as much as 5.8 million euros, or about $7.6 million at current exchange rates, in public money allocated to sports and tourism events.
