Madrid Court Trial: Employee Accused of Stealing €860,000 in Court Payments
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A woman is on trial in Madrid. She worked at a procuraduría. This is a Spanish office that helps with court work.
The woman is accused of a crime. People say she took money that was not hers.
She worked with court orders. These are papers from a judge about payments. She is accused of changing these papers. This is called falsifying documents.
People say she moved 860,000 euros. The money should have gone to other people. Instead, it went to her own bank accounts. It also went to her family's accounts.
The Madrid Court is now judging her case. This court is called the Audiencia de Madrid.
The trial will decide if she is guilty. Guilty means she did the crime.
If she is guilty, she could get a punishment. A punishment is something bad that happens because of a crime.
The case is about money from judicial payments. These are payments ordered by a court.
Vocabulary10 words
- trial
- when a court decides if someone did a crime
- procuraduría
- a Spanish office that helps with legal and court work
- accused
- said to have done something wrong
- court orders
- official papers from a judge
- falsifying
- changing something to make it false
- Madrid Court
- the place where judges decide cases in Madrid
- Audiencia de Madrid
- the name of this court in Spanish
- guilty
- having done a crime
- punishment
- something bad given for doing wrong
- judicial payments
- money ordered to be paid by a court
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1. A procuraduría 2. 860,000 euros 3. True
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A woman is on _____ in Madrid. She worked at a _____. This is a Spanish office that helps with court work.
The woman is _____ of a crime. People say she took money that was not hers.
She worked with _____. These are papers from a judge about payments. She is accused of changing these papers. This is called _____ documents.
People say she moved _____ euros. The money should have gone to other people. Instead, it went to her own bank accounts. It also went to her family's accounts.
The _____ is now judging her case. This court is called the _____.
The trial will decide if she is _____. Guilty means she did the crime.
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