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| Luis Barcenas: Spain Popular Party's ex-treasurer in jail | Luis Barcenas: Spain Popular Party's ex-treasurer in jail |
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| A judge has ordered that Luis Barcenas, the ex-treasurer of Spain's governing Popular Party (PP), be held without bail until his corruption trial starts. | |
| The ruling came after Switzerland informed the court that Mr Barcenas had transferred money from Swiss accounts to banks in the US and Uruguay. | The ruling came after Switzerland informed the court that Mr Barcenas had transferred money from Swiss accounts to banks in the US and Uruguay. |
| In light of the revelations, prosecutors argued that the politician was a flight risk. | In light of the revelations, prosecutors argued that the politician was a flight risk. |
| Mr Barcenas and his wife deny charges of tax evasion. | |
| The couple are suspected of falsifying documents on their tax statements between 2002 and 2006. | The couple are suspected of falsifying documents on their tax statements between 2002 and 2006. |
| Mr Barcenas is also accused of keeping up to 48m euros (£41m) in secret Swiss bank accounts. Prosecutors allege that some of the funds stem from illegal party donations or kickbacks. | |
| But the ex-treasurer has denied this, saying that all of the money was made through overseas investments, real estate and art dealings. | |
| High Court Judge Pablo Ruz handed down his decision after Mr Barcenas and his wife had been called in to testify on Thursday. | High Court Judge Pablo Ruz handed down his decision after Mr Barcenas and his wife had been called in to testify on Thursday. |
| Dozens of people heckled the couple outside the court, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports. | Dozens of people heckled the couple outside the court, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports. |
| In March, prosecutors discovered what they described as unusual transactions of more than 600,000 euros over a five-year period relating to bank accounts held by Mr Barcena's wife, Rosalia Iglesias. | |
| She has admitted that she was neither working nor receiving a steady income during that period. | |
| The case is part of a broader investigation into claims of alleged illegal financing of the PP. The party, which is led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, has rejected the allegations. | The case is part of a broader investigation into claims of alleged illegal financing of the PP. The party, which is led by Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, has rejected the allegations. |
| Mr Barcenas resigned as party treasurer in 2009 after being implicated in the slush fund case, which has become known as the Gurtel scandal. |