The FBI searches the headquarters of the audiovisual group Imagina in Miami

FBI agents carry out a search at the headquarters of Media World, a subsidiary of Imagina, dedicated to the management of sports rights.

Agents from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched this Thursday the offices of the company Media World, a subsidiary of the Spanish audiovisual group Imagina, in Miami. The agents have made backup copies of some company computers and have taken some boxes of material.

The subsidiary of Imagina US, a company of the Imagina group, is dedicated to the development, operation and distribution of television channels, the international exploitation of sports rights and technical operation and transmission services in the audiovisual field. Established in Miami since 1998, it works in Latin America and the United States, with operations in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Colombia, and high definition production studios in Miami and Los Angeles.

Imagina has highlighted in a statement that with respect to the information published regarding the search carried out by the FBI at the Media World facilities in Miami, a company owned by the American subsidiary of the Imagina Group, "the company is dedicated to the management of sports rights and its management corresponds to the minority partner. In the event that sufficient evidence is presented, and while respecting the presumption of innocence, the group will suddenly dismiss any person who may have engaged in any type of activity. irregular.”

"The Imagina group does not allow or tolerate irregular, illegal activities or activities that violate its ethical code. Any person or activity that may incur or have incurred irregular behavior will be immediately disassociated from the group," they add.

The Imagina group is 51.3 percent owned by Mediapro and Globomedia, 17.1 percent by the WPP group, 17.1 percent by Torreal and 14.5 percent by Televisa.

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