As a result of the decision taken by 3 Magistrates of the Malaga Appeal Court to reject an appeal lodged by Danske Bank International S.A., the lender has been ordered to pay costs.
Danske Bank lawyers were insistent that their representatives were not summoned to Court. Both the Court of First of Instance and the Malaga Appeal Court thought otherwise.
It will now be interesting to find out where did Danske Bank get the brilliant idea of offering mortgages on Spanish property to artificially reduce its value for tax purposes because KPMG says they did not.
Can Klaus “Mønster” Pedersen please shed some light on this conundrum?
It would seem that Danske Bank CEO and their lawyers considered themselves above the law, or that they were too big to be prosecuted. Thanks to the common sense of the Spanish Legal system the Appeal Court judges and public prosecutor think otherwise. It is comforting to think for all victims of these illegal schemes that the Spanish Courts are now aware and waking up to these tax evading schemes. The tide is turning in the victims favour. No one is above the law. Perhaps this web site which is monitored by countless lawyers, press, IFA’s is making people aware of the way obnoxious banks are preying on the old and ill informed expat community. I will look forward to the continuing saga and will relish the outcome of the visit of Klaus Monster Pederson and his cronies to the Criminal Court in Fuengirola. I am also delighted to hear that costs have been awarded ahainst Danske Bank, which I believe is very unusual in criminal cases. Another negative way that the Appeal Court view the actions of Danske Bank and their Lawyers.
Well said Peter. In Antonio Flores and his law firm Lawbird Legal Services Marbella, we have found a real champion, who’s intergrity, work load and ability to seek the truth is second to none, much of which has been at his own cost. As a senior reporter from one of the Spanish Newspapers told us. He is indeed the most dedicated and intelligent lawyer I have had the pleasure of knowing. I have worked with him on numerous stories and he will not give up his quest when he becomes aware of any person who has been cheated. The link below will bear this out.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-22870406 . Briefly it relates Fraud committed on our own Costa del Sol by “Toni Muldoon” who conned many British Citizens out of a great deal of money. Antonio took up the challenge and ivestigated Muldoon for many years and as a result Muldoon was convicted of fraud and found guilty in Malaga. As a result of this was taken up by Trading Standards Officers in Ipswich who gathered further evidence against Muldoon and others. Muldoon has spent several months in HMP Norwich at Her Majesty’s pleasure, which may be come his holiday home for some time to come.
Congratulations to Antonio, how lucky are we to find such a guy. Beware banks Antonio has your number written down and trust us “He will not give up” This story is subject to a radio programme on BBC 4 today. I think the time is 11.30 – 12 noon. Antonio will hopefully be adressing our concerns with the Equity Release Scam, that so many of our members have suffered under.
Just a further update on the post above. Julian Sturdy of BBC Radio Four. Programme “You & Yours” will hopefully be commenting on our plight between 12 noon & 1300 UK time. You can of course listen to this programme via the internet. Should be interesting for us, perhaps not so interesting for the banks.
Here are some updates from your ERVA Investigating team.
As you will have seen from our web site, we are delighted that the Appeal Court in Malaga has rejected Danske Bank Appeal to stop the Fuengirola Criminal Court from interviewing the Officers of Danske Bank. Over the past several months Erva and their lawyers (Antonio Flores Team) have uncovered many more damming documents, showing the extent of the Tax Fraud that many banks have been involved in. Even the banks own IFA’s & agents have contacted us, as they now realise the extent of how the banks lied to secure their services. These banks include, Danske Bank & Nordea Bank SA both operating from the Luxembourg Tax haven. Rothschild, Barclay’s and SLM operating and within the jurisdiction of England & Wales. Sydbank & Nycredit in Denmark and many others almost too numerous to mention. Of course we have recently received two Binding Consulta (Tax Law) from Ministerio De Hacienda Y Administraciones Publicas (Spanish Tax Office) ruling in relation to taking out equity release from ones property to evade tax is simply TAX EVASION. No doubt the recent ruling by the Appeal Court (Danske Bank) may have been one reason for their seemingly attitude to bring these banks to answer. Many of our members have instructed Antonio Flores (Lawbird) to bring actions against a number of banks. For example, Nordea Bank SA have to answer a charge of misleading and illicit advertising in October. A similar writ has been issued in the same court (Mercantile Court Malaga) Lawbird are now considering writs against other banks, Barclays Bank, SLM, & Sydbank. Needless to say we will keep you informed of forthcoming events. Finally ERVA would like to thank all our members for their comments. Please keep them coming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvOj15h2Erc
When Antonio & Lawbird say they are going to the press they mean it. Access this link from the BBC News our lawyer is in full flow.
It has been mentioned in the recent past, that we have discovered many incriminating documents, of the banks involvement’ in inciting people to commit tax fraud. Now with the Binding Consulta from the tax office we are in a better position to have our case looked at more closely with the Audiencia National. You will remember that intitially the Audiencia National rejected our request, on the basis that they did not have jurisdiction under the matter, therefor we had to refer our writs to individual courts. Recently the judge responsible for this decision has decided to admit into court, proceedings relating to a “preferencial share” scam by many Spanish banks. It would seem that the attitude of the Spanish Courts are now more likely to investigate banks, as they have done in the UK and England. With this in mind we have asked Lawbird if they would study the claim once more with a view to re-submitting this to the Audiencia Nacional. This would be against all banks’ responsible for selling or promoting the equity release schemes. Antonio has promised to study the evidence once again and let us know. He has also agreed to look at the evidence discovered relating to the Nordea Bank SA criminal complaint that was recently rejected by the courts, with a view to re-submitting this complaint once again. We at erva are surprised that the banks have brought so much grief upon themselves, when it would have made so juch more sense to have opened negotiations with all their customers and much more cost effective, especially with “Confidentiality Agreements” I suppose they thought that we would give up our fight. WRONG Mr. Banks.