Afinsa
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.
Q2342494
collectibles
Concept
Q654762
Sotheby's
ORG
Q503176
Christie's
ORG
Q46
Europe
LOC
Q48
Asia
LOC
Q45
Portuguese
LOC
Q2807
Madrid
LOC
Q1492
Barcelona
LOC
Q8745
Vigo
LOC
Q8356
Valladolid
LOC
Q597
Lisbon
LOC
Q219407
Ponzi fraud scheme
Concept
Q2659204
Afinsa
ORG
1980-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1980
DATE
2006-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
2006
DATE
2013-07-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
July 2013
DATE
+14^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
14
NUMBER
headquarters location
inception
country