The joint and several guarantee of €158 million ($178.4 million) imposed by judge Pablo Ruz to the eight main investigated executives in the Pescanova case was increased to €276 million ($311.6 million) by Jose de la Mata, the judge replacing Ruz in this case, reportedLa Voz de Galicia.

The increase of €117.9 million ($133.1 million) is due to the addition of around 200 more shareholders since January 2014, who would have been affected by the execs wrongdoing, which caused them financial losses of €88.4