The scope of criminal liability of legal persons according to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court handed down its second judgment in these matters on 16 March 2016, in a case of embezzlement by a real estate agency in brokering the sale and purchase of a property. The seller set an asking price for the property, from which the agency’s fees would be paid, while the agency in turn arranged a higher price with the buyer, keeping the difference between the asking price and the price actually paid by the buyer. The agency was released from criminal liability (temporary closure of its offices and payment of a 24,000 euro fine) because it was not informed of the accusation against it in the first stage of the proceedings…