Afinsa
Sign in to saveAfinsa was a company from Spain, which at one point was the world's third largest collectibles company, after Sotheby's and Christie's, and with its controlling stake in Escala Group operated in many European cities, the United States and Asia. Founded in 1980 by Albertino de Figueiredo, a Portuguese national living in Spain, the group is headquartered in Madrid and has offices in many other cities, including Barcelona, Vigo, Valladolid and Lisbon.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Afinsa is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to Europe, Portugal and Asia.
It is catalogued under topics including Companies established in 1980, Financial services companies of Spain and Pyramid and Ponzi schemes.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Instance of
- enterprise
- Country
- Spain
- Headquarters
- Madrid
- Legal form
- public company
- Official website
- www.afinsa.com
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- inception
- 1980-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Fraud allegations
- See also
- References
- External links
Afinsa was a company from Spain, which at one point was the world's third largest collectibles company, after Sotheby's and Christie's, and with its controlling stake in Escala Group operated in many European cities, the United States and Asia. Founded in 1980 by Albertino de Figueiredo, a Portuguese national living in Spain, the group is headquartered in Madrid and has offices in many other cities, including Barcelona, Vigo, Valladolid and Lisbon.
In 2006 police in Spain made several arrests amid accusations of operating a Ponzi fraud scheme. In July 2013, a Spanish court handed down indictments against 14 officers.
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