Published
Fri, Oct 7, 2016, 09:35
- The money was taken yesterday from two safety deposit boxes stored in banks in Ibiza Town.
Spanish police have seized more than €300k in cash from two security deposit boxes belonging to Amnesia Ibiza owner Martín Ferrer.
This is the latest development in an investigation into tax fraud and money laundering that launched in early July, when agents raided the San Rafael club, arrested Ferrer and three other employees, and confiscated a sum of money in the region of €2 million. Yesterday morning (October 6th) in Ibiza Town, Guardia Civil officers from Mallorca turned up at two banks, Banco Sabadell and BMN, reports Diario De Ibiza. A third deposit box, stored on a boat belonging to Ferrer, was also searched, though nothing was found.
All three deposit boxes have been known to the authorities since July. Ibiza magistrate Carmen Marín issued yesterday's court order so that the money could be officially recorded, taking the total amount of money seized in the investigation to €2.2million. The four men arrested in July—Ferrer, Marti Ferrer (artistic director), David de Felipe (general/business manager) and Vicente Pérez de Montis (accountant)—are all currently out on bail.
Amnesia lost its license for Saturday's closing party earlier this week after last weekend's Music On event ran several hours past its curfew.
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Photo credit: Vicent Marí / Diario De Ibiza