The death of the former president of the Palau de la Música, Fèlix Millet, on Thursday, at the age of 87, does not imply the extinction of the civil liability established by the ruling in the Palau case, which amounts to almost 26 million euros, for the ‘spoils of the musical entity. Of this amount, 13.3 million have been recovered during the three years since the judgment was final, the Superior Court of Justice of Catalonia (TSJC) reported yesterday.
As a result, the embargo on Millet’s assets is maintained, and the tenth section of the Barcelona Court will continue with the process of selling properties such as the family farm in l’Ametlla del Vallès, valued at more than 1.9 million euros, or a painting valued at more than 200,000 euros.
As part of the execution of the sentence and to advance the recovery of the capital of the injured parties, the Barcelona Court has agreed to the appointment of a judicial administrator to liquidate the company Bonoima, SL, of which the Millet family are shareholders Vallès This was requested by both the public prosecution and the private prosecutions, because they considered that there is “a clear conflict of interest” in the current administrator, Laila Millet – one of the daughters of Fèlix Millet -, since she has their shares seized, like the rest of their relatives.
The Bonoima company, inactive, owns 13 properties, seized and noted; it will be sold in the liquidation process of the company, details the TSJC. The court recalls that Catalan civil law establishes that the heirs, if they accept the inheritance, and this cannot be done partially but in its entirety, will be responsible with their own assets for the debts incurred by the person or those whose is inherited
In the interlocutory agreement in which the appointment of a judicial administrator for the liquidation of the properties of the Bonoima company is agreed, the Barcelona Court points out that it is necessary to “do it quickly”, taking into account that the amount ten Fèlix Millet “is very high”, and the figure in 18,437,742 euros.
The Barcelona Court tried the Palau case in 2018 and, in the sentence, which became final in 2020 once confirmed by the Supreme Court, Fèlix Millet was sentenced to nine years and eight months in prison for embezzlement and misappropriation in competition with falsification of a commercial document, influence peddling, false accounting, money laundering and crime against the Treasury.
The sentence imposed a fine of 4.1 million euros on Millet and condemned him to pay, together with his right-hand man, Jordi Montull, 3.5 million to the Consorci del Palau de la Música Catalana. Also with Montull, and among other amounts, the sentence forced him to pay 6.3 million to the Fundació Privada Orfeó Català-Palau de la Música Catalana and 6.1 million more to the Associació Orfeó Català.
Millet and Montull must also answer for the 6 million euros that were collected from these last two entities, by way of cashing bearer checks at counters, or cash refunds, at banking entities.
