Now convicted in another case of Burla, Paulo Saraiva had already been investigated by SIC for harming clients in hundreds of thousands of euros. There were even those who have been homeless.
Lawyer Paulo Saraiva was sentenced to four years in prison, with suspended sentence, for qualified scam. You will also have to pay compensation of 77,240 euros to the company that hardened.
The Court proved that the lawyer deceived an economic group Linked to the construction sector that was going through treasury difficulties and required 30 to 40 million euros of liquidity.
The administrator of this group contacted the lawyer, who had been appointed to him for “managing interests/fortunes of large investors.”
Paulo Saraiva said he had interested investors, and that the financing was assured, and was promising meetings and the signing of contracts between investors and creditors who never realized.
By way of fees for the intermediation of the business, during this period, the lawyer charged the company different amounts that reached 77,240 euros.
“Notwithstanding the promised, the defendant was postponing, successively, whether the signing of the contracts and the provision of the funds,” is referred to in the judgment.
SIC Investigation: There are those who have lost the house to the Burlas account
Paulo Saraiva had already been investigated by SIC For other burla crimes, this time to private victims. It will have circumventing customers in hundreds of thousands of euros and there are those who have even been homeless.
