A former Barcelona president, Josep Maria Bartomeu, were arrested on Monday following a raid at the club’s offices.
Bartomeu’s adviser Jaume Masferrer, the club’s CEO Oscar Grau and head of legal services Roman Gomez Ponti were also picked up.
According to ESPN, a spokesman for the local police confirmed that “arrests are taking place but we cannot give names. We are in the process of carrying out an operation at the moment with agents from the financial crimes unit.”
Bartomeu and Masferrer will spend the night in custody, while Grau and Gomez Ponti have been allowed to return home for now.
A statement from Barcelona read: “Given the entry of the local police at the club’s offices, per a court order relating to the hiring [of a third-party company] and monitoring services of social networks, FC Barcelona has offered its full support to judicial and police authorities and collaborated with them to clarify the facts that are the subject of the investigation.
“The information and documents required by the police were strictly relating to this case.
“FC Barcelona expresses its utmost respect for the judicial proceedings and also the presumption of innocence for the people affected by Monday’s events.”
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