The official FJGC turned the intranet of the Maritime Captaincy of Las Palmas into an official paper vending machine for his accomplice, the already sentenced FPB, through a morning of computer frenzy and documentary falsification. A trial is imminent, and they are asking for JJGC four years in prison for turning maritime security into a paperwork flea market with documents issued in the shadows of the Captaincy.
A case that smells of office corruption and administrative sewer. The Prosecutor’s Office has not minced words in qualifying the maneuver executed in the bowels of the Maritime Captaincy of Las Palmas as a crime of falsification of an official document. According to the indictment, which Canarymaritime has accessed, FJGC, taking advantage of his privileged access to the ‘Professional Certifications’ platform, conspired with FPB to fabricate a phantom nautical curriculum. In a single frenetic day, on December 20, 2019, the official recorded applications and issued Captain Certificates of Cabotage and Oceanic Captain for someone who simply lacked any legal requirements to command a vessel of that size.
The Prosecutor’s narrative describes a surgical operation against public faith: while FPB provided his personal data, the official ‘cleaned’ the computer system from within to issue professional cards that, in the legal market, require years of training and days at sea. There was no administrative error, but a deliberate intent to deceive the system. The seriousness of the crime lies in the potential risk of placing command of ocean-going vessels in the hands of someone who only proves their expertise through computer fraud. For the Prosecutor, FJGC acted as the direct author of the deception, while FPB is pointed out as a necessary collaborator, a piece without which the crime would have made no sense or destination.
The penal bill requested by the Public Prosecutor’s Office is devastating and seeks to punish the breakdown of trust in institutions. It seeks a sentence of 4 years in prison and a fine exceeding 8,000 euros for each of the accused. But the final blow for the official is the request for special disqualification from public employment or office for another four years, which would mean his civil death within the Administration. With a criminal record already behind FPB for traffic offenses, the trial presents itself as a test of the security of public records and a warning to navigators who believe that the databases of the State are a market for titles to the highest bidder.
News written by Pedro Marrero. Edited and verified by José L. Jiménez. Information cross-checked without institutional filters. This analysis has not been funded by official advertising nor conditioned by lobby interests.
