Borja Thiessen and his wife Blanca Cuesta. They are accused of stealing 336,417 euros from the treasury in 2010.. For this reason, the prosecutor’s office requires three and a half years of imprisonment for each of them and, in addition, a fine of one million euros. February 14, 2023 They arrived at Criminal Court no. 15 of Madrid because they had to testify on this charge.. Upon arrival, neither of them wanted to make any press statements, but appeared calm and serene.

Borja Thiessen and Blanca Cuesta arriving at court in Madrid

In addition to imprisonment and a fine for a crime against the state treasury, which the prosecutor’s office accuses them of, they also They must pay together the money that they did not declare at the time., that is, 336,417 euros, as specified by the EFE agency. However, despite the fact that the couple appeared in court on the day of the summons, the son of the Baroness Thyssen and his wife left the court after the proceedings were suspended.

The reason for the suspension of the oral hearing is that, as reported by the Supreme Court of Madrid, the lawyers of the spouses before the start of the trial They submitted an expert opinion, which they asked to be attached to the case, for this reason the prosecutor’s office asked to postpone the trial in order to study the document.. There is currently no date for a new appointment as determined by the TSJM.

Borja Thiessen and Blanca Cuesta arrived at the court in Madrid.

Neither upon departure nor upon arrival, none of them gave any statements. And since there was a large demonstration of journalists and cameras on the street, a couple decided to separate to go to the car that was waiting for them. Blanca Cuesta continued straight ahead, but her husband turned to look at his wife to make sure the cameras were watching him. This time his face was more relaxed.

Reason for his alleged fraud

According to the prosecutor’s preliminary report, the couple stated in 2010 that had a capital gain of €2,206,527, but according to the State Ministry it was €3,792,564. because they simulated that part of the transaction was made by a company that was in fact dormant, “thus hiding the amount of EUR 1,586,037.39 from the State Treasury”, and termination of payment of EUR 336,417.