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Alicante lawyer sentenced to prison for deception

A 44-year-old lawyer in the city of Alicante was given eleven months in prison by the Alicante Provincial Court for lying to a client. He talked her into hiring him as a professional for a number of property and tax matters, then charged her for his services without doing the work that they agreed to do.
The lawyer admitted to stealing money and came to a deal with the public prosecutor’s office and the private prosecution. This means that the court believes he is still responsible for the crime.
The court agrees to use the mitigating factor of undue delay to account for the time that has passed between the crimes and the hearing.
There is information in the decision that the defendant used the fact that he was the cousin of the person who was hurt and trusted by that person to get her to hire him as a lawyer.
So, in May 2017, he was able to get the client to give him his first case, which was a law issue related to an inheritance from her parents. To begin, the accused asked her to give him 950 euros right away as payment for his fees.
Later, in 2018, he persuaded the person who was hurt to send him several amounts of money: 12,700, 3,200, 4,000, and 1,500 euros. This was for another matter related to paying the property transfer tax. He even sent her the form that was filled out, making it look like he had taken care of the bankruptcy before the Tax Agency, even though he hadn’t.
Later that same year, she was able to get him to send her another 2,004 euros so that she could file an appeal against having to pay capital gains tax on a house she had sold for less than she paid for it. When it came time to pay the VAT tax in 2019, the same thing happened.
The court decision said that the lawyer “took all of the money and used it for his own purposes without keeping the promises of the agreed professional arrangements.”
In addition to the 11-month prison sentence, the judge said the accused must pay the injured client 21,523 euros to cover the payments they got.
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Consumer Affairs Ministry has blocked 65,000 Airbnb listings it considers “illegal”

The Ministry of Social Rights, Consumption, and the 2030 Agenda has blocked over 65,000 listings on Airbnb that it considers “illegal.” According to a statement, the ministry, led by Pablo Bustinduy, has ordered the multinational’s Irish subsidiary to remove 65,935 listings because they violate advertising standards for this type of tourist accommodation. These listings are said to violate the rules of the autonomous communities where the Consumer Affairs Department found them. In all cases, the advertisements are for complete tourist homes; there are no listings for individual rooms.
Recently, the government claims to have issued Airbnb up to three resolutions informing it of the more than 65,000 unlawful tourist accommodation listings discovered on its platform, “resolutions in which this company was urged to block this advertising,” according to the Ministry. It should be mentioned that Airbnb filed an appeal with the courts to prevent the ban, and the High Court of Justice of Madrid has finally ruled on the initial resolution, issuing an order that supports the actions of the Consumer Affairs Department. In response to the ministry’s first order, the High Court of Justice has urged Airbnb to remove 5,800 tourist flat listings immediately.
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Firefighter from the Benidorm fire station dies in a climbing accident in the Pyrenees

A Benidorm fireman died in a climbing accident in the French Pyrenees on Saturday, May 17th, according to sources from the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium.
Although they could not specify his age or place of birth, they established that the firefighter, F.Ll, worked at the Benidorm fire station and was originally from the province of Alicante.
The Consortium’s official Twitter account, which does not provide information about the accident, has stated that it greatly laments the loss of its “companion and friend Fran Llorens, in a climbing accident in the French Pyrenees.”
They also stated that he is “an example of professional behaviour and treatment of others” and that he “honoured the uniform, leaving an indelible mark on the Benidorm park and #cpba (Aicante Provincial Fire Consortium).” RIP.
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National Police dismantle a house in Elche from which cocaine and marijuana were sold 24 hours a day

The National Police arrested three men and a woman in Elche for allegedly being part of a familial clan that sold and distributed drugs from a residence in “la puñalá.”
The drug sales point was open 24 hours a day, and the detained individuals had another residence that served as a warehouse for the drugs they would later sell.
During the operation, National Police officers discovered 350 grams of cocaine hidden inside a cement mixer, 10 grams of marijuana, a huge knife, a high-end car, and paraphernalia used for drug sales.
In addition, a marijuana plantation of 158 plants was discovered in one of the examined flats, illegally connected to an electrical outlet.
The detainees’ ages range from 35 to 60. All have been charged with alleged drug trafficking, membership in a criminal group, and electricity fraud.
After submitting a statement to the court authority, the person believed to be the group’s head was imprisoned.
According to the National Police on Sunday, the family clan intercepted had a clear separation of roles, with some in charge of selling the material and others in charge of carrying out surveillance activities around the residence under investigation.
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