There are court documents proving that Barca paid a former VP of Spanish refereeing.
Don’t play the stupid game….from 2001 to 2018! 17 years!

https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11095/12840842/negreira-case-uefa-investigating-barcelona-over-millions-of-euros-paid-to-former-referees-chief

Barcelona will also be investigated for falsifying business documents.

Barca paid all that money for so many years just to get reports on refs? …

FOH.

“Court documents show Barcelona paid €7.3m (£6.5m) from 2001 until 2018 to the company of Jose Mara Enriquez Negreira, the former vice-president of Spanish football's refereeing committee; UEFA's investigation could lead to a Champions League ban”