Suspect of secretly recording Princess’s testimony arrested

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The police on Wednesday arrested the main suspect behind a surreptitious video recording of Princess Cristina as she testified in court on February 8 over her role in a tax fraud and money laundering case.

Francisco José Carvajal, a lawyer from Málaga, is suspected of being the person who recorded the statements, then distributed them. The recording, which shows very blurry images and has poor sound, was soon available on a video-sharing website named Wouzee. Later, the national newspaper El Mundo published a still image captured from this site.

After being interrogated for an hour and a half, Carvajal was arrested on charges of disobedience. He was later released on his own recognizance. Examining Judge José Castro had specifically forbidden any recording devices in the room and decided that the testimony by King Juan Carlos's youngest daughter would not be officially captured on video either, only as a voice recording. Security measures at the door of the Palma de Mallorca courthouse were extreme, with guards on the lookout for hidden cameras.The spot where Carvajal sat in the courtroom coincided with the angle of the images seen on Wouzee. Prior to the arrest, the police had interrogated all the lawyers and public servants present in the room, to determine where each one had sat during the six and a half hours that Doña Cristina answered the judge's questions. The angle suggested that the recording was made from the area reserved for lawyers and civil servants, behind Doña Cristina.
Over 200 agents had been deployed by the Interior Ministry to prevent such a circumstance. There were metal detectors and an X-ray tunnel at the door, and some people were frisked for recording devices. While the princess testified, the police emitted special frequencies to inhibit cellphones and other forms of wireless communications. Bags were searched, and zealous agents even took apart the pen brought in by the anticorruption attorney in the Balearics, Pedro Horrach.

Cristina was testifying in connection with her husband Iñaki Urdangarin's dubious business practices. He and a business partner are believed to have diverted millions of euros from no-bid contracts earned through a phoney non-profit from the governments of Valencia and the Balearics. A lot of the money was channelled to private companies, including Aizoon, owned jointly by Urdangarin and the princess. Infanta Cristina's credit card history shows she used part of this money to pay for private expenses.

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Arrest: to deprive (a person) of liberty by taking him into custody, esp under lawful authority- arrestar/ detener
Suspect  (n) a person who is under suspicion (v) to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof- sospechoso, sospechar
Testify:  to declare or give (evidence) under oath, esp in court - testificar/ declarar
Court : tribunal
Tax fraud :  crime of deception to evade taxes) - fraude fiscal
Money laundering: Legitimization (washing) of illegally obtained money to hide its true nature or source- blanqueo de dinero
Lawyer: a member of the legal profession - solicitor- abogado
Be suspected of:  believed guilty of- ser sospechoso de
Statement:  something that you say or write in a formal or official way- declaración
Interrogate:  to ask (someone) questions in a thorough and often forceful way-  interrogar 
Be arrested on charges of : ser detenido bajo cargos de / ser detenido acusado de…
Charge: official accusation- cargo 
Released on his own recognizance: puesto en libertad bajo palabra/ fianza
Testimony: evidence given by a witness- testimonio, declaración 
Courthouse: law court building- juzgado
On the lookout for :be vigilant /to be alert for, keep an eye open for- estar atentos / en alerta para / a la caza de 
To interrogate: to question (a witness in court, spy, etc) closely- interrogar 
Public servant/ Civil servant: a person who works for the government /a person who works in the civil service / a government official or employee- funcionario público 
Deploy : to organize and send out (people or things) to be used for a particular purpose- desplegar 
Metal detector
Be frisked for Sth / frisk: to search (someone) by feeling for concealed weapons, etc- cachear, registrar
Zealous: enthusiastic, filled with or inspired by intense enthusiasm- entusiasta, fervoroso, ferviente 
Attorney: lawyer- abogado
Testify: give evidence in court- testificar
Dubious: marked by or causing doubt- dudoso 
Business practices: prácticas comerciales
Business partner: socio
Divert: to turn from one course or use to another- desviar
No-bid contracts: contratos sin licitación contratos a dedo
Phoney : not true, real, or genuine : intended to make someone think something that is not true- falsa
non-profit : not run to make money - sin fines lucrativos , sin ánimo de lucro
Be channelled to: canalizado hacia
Jointly: in collaboration, together- cojuntamente
Private expenses: expense: an amount of money that must be spent especially regularly to pay for something- gastos privados