The Provincial Court of Alicante has sentenced a 42-year-old business owner to six months in prison and a fine after it was discovered that ten workers under his employment were not registered with Social Security. The prison sentence has been suspended on the condition that the defendant does not commit further offences.
The legal proceedings took place following an investigation into the company, which operated in the residential building construction and bricklaying sector. The accused admitted to the charges after reaching a conformity agreement with the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the start of the trial, which was held on 22nd September.
Under the terms of the ruling, the individual receives a six-month prison sentence alongside a fine spanning six months, set with a daily quota of €6. The court deemed him responsible for an offence against workers’ rights, though the custodial sentence remains suspended provided he stays out of trouble.
Additionally, the judicial ruling notes that the businessman had previously received a conviction for a fraud offence. In that earlier case, he was handed a sentence of fourteen months and two days in prison, which was taken into account in the overall assessment of his criminal record.
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