Miguel Blesa
Spanish banker (1947-2017)
Miguel Blesa de la Parra (8 August 1947 – 19 July 2017) was a Spanish banker. He was the chairman of the Spanish bank Caja Madrid from 1996 to 2010.[1][2][3][4] He was born in Linares, Jaén, Spain.
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In February 2017, Blesa received a six-year jail term in connection with the misuse of company credit cards. Cards were misused by a number of people, including Blesa himself, during the many years he was chairman of Caja Madrid.[5]
Blesa was found dead on a private hunting estate near Córdoba, Spain on 19 July 2017, with a shotgun wound to the chest at the age of 69.[5][6]
References
change- ↑ "Ex-Spanish Banker Is Released on Bail After a Night in Jail". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Ortiz, Fiona (3 March 2014). "Spanish ex-banker Blesa questioned by judge in mis-selling case". Reuters. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ "Spanish court orders ex-bankers to deposit millions of euros". The Daily Mail. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
- ↑ Minder, Raphael G. (18 May 2013). "Former Executive of Caja Madrid Briefly Jailed; Banker Posts Bail after Judge Acts, Even before Charges Are Filed". International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016 – via Questia.com.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Spanish Banker Miguel Blesa Found Dead on Country Estate". Reuters. The New York Times. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
- ↑ López-Fonseca, Óscar (19 July 2017). "Miguel Blesa, hallado muerto en una finca de caza de Córdoba". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 July 2017.
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