Roca contested that ‘now in Spain not even God has money.

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The man at the centre of the Malaya case, the Marbella municipal real estate assessor, Juan Antonio Roca, has been justifying his assets to the court in Málaga, saying he arrived in Marbella ‘not in a Seat Panda as the police had claimed on one occasion, but with money to invest’.

He told the court that his business had always been ‘buying and selling’, adding that if he was in the street now he would be buying cheap banks. He had always purchased things at time of economic difficulty, he said.

Reports indicate that Roca was close to losing his cool as he was questioned by the anti-corruption prosecutor, Juan Carlos López Caballero, on Monday. Roca insisted that he arrived in Marbella with money ‘hidden from Hacienda, but physical money’. He said the police had only been interested in what he had purchased, but never what he had sold.

When asked about his current assets, Roca contested that ‘now in Spain not even God has money.

The prosecutor contends that Roca was the boss of an elaborate organisation and underlined his position of dominance in the Marbella Town Hall. He wants a 44 year ban from public office and fine of 810.78 million €, on charges of money laundering, administrative crime, the misuse of public funds, fraud and bribery among others."