The trial over the fake Equatorial Guinea passports used during the 2014-15 ACB season by Marcus Slaughter<\/strong>, then with Real Madrid, and Andy Panko<\/strong>, then with Fuenlabrada, has ended with three convictions.<\/p>\n Panko<\/strong>, former Equatorial Guinean player Richard Nguema<\/strong>, who had the contacts to arrange and obtain the documents, and Juli\u00e1n Aranda<\/strong>, the Spanish representative of Beo Basket, the agency representing both players, were found responsible for forgery of an official document and forgery of a certificate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The verdict can still be appealed. Slaughter was not tried<\/strong>, as authorities were unable to serve him with the summons and he did not appear at the trial.<\/p>\n Former Real Madrid assistant coach Hugo L\u00f3pez<\/strong> was acquitted.<\/p>\n The court ruled that there was insufficient evidence against him beyond a number of indications, including providing Nguema’s phone number, speaking with Aranda by telephone and a subsequent conversation.<\/p>\n The case emerged after Panko submitted an Equatorial Guinea passport to the ACB, which would have granted him European-player status under the Cotonou Agreement.<\/p>\nHugo L\u00f3pez acquitted<\/h3>\n
The identical passport number<\/h3>\n