Six MacAnthony Realty International directors declare in court in Marbella, including Darragh MacAnthony

Six ex-Directors of MacAnthony Realty International, including Darragh MacAnthony, declared in Instruction Court 4 in Marbella today, after complaints about fraud. Some 40 British and Irish clients say they paid over sums to the company to furnish their properties, but no furniture ever arrived. The complainants ratified their claims to the judge a month ago. They say they have lost between 500,000 and 600,000 € and they were fobbed off with a ‘ghost office’ in Madrid which has as its administrator a 90 year old man with no known profession. It dates back to 2005-2010 when MacAnthony set up in Marbella in the building famous for being the ‘Club Financiero’ of the late Mayor, Jesus Gil y Gil. The other directors to appear with MacAnthony today were Dominic Pickering, Michael John Liggan, Sarah Ocallaghan, Nicola Victoria Shaw, and Fernando Arespacochaga Alcalá del Olmo. First to declare was Darragh MacAnthony who arrived at the court just after 10am. He left some two hours later and decline to make any statement to the press. MacAnthony has since made a de facto closing of the real estate company, emptying its assets without seeking competition, and that could become a corporate crime. Darragh MacAnthony is also Chairman of Peterborough Football Club.