The trail of money managed by the plot linked to Koldo García Izaguirre, the former advisor of former socialist minister José Luis Ábalos, leads to Brazil and Luxembourg.
The Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has located the sending of different items of money to companies in both countries, something that reveals alleged money laundering movements with the aim of “hiding” and “making monitoring and traceability difficult.” of the profits and commissions obtained from the sale of medical supplies during the worst of the pandemic, as highlighted by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office in the complaint it presented at the National Court and to which EL PAÍS has had access.
At the epicenter of these money movements is the company Soluciones de Gestión y Apoyo a Empresas SL, used by the plot to do so in an allegedly irregular manner and at a high surcharge with the awarding of eight contracts from different Public Administration organizations for the supply of masks and other medical supplies in the midst of the coronavirus crisis.
This company was allegedly controlled in the shadows by businessmen Juan Carlos Cueto Martín and Víctor de Aldama, to whom the investigations attribute an economic benefit from the alleged rigging of contracts of 9.6 and 5.5 million euros respectively.
In the case of Koldo García, an increase in assets has been detected that could “reach the figure of 1.5 million euros,” according to the summary.
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Specifically, police investigations - dubbed Operation Delorme - have detected that two transfers were made to Brazil from this company.
The first, for an amount of 13,500 euros, was executed on January 25, 2022 and was addressed to a company in this country called Suro Capital Brasil Participacoes Ltda (specifically, an account in its name at the financial institution Banco Itaú BBA). .
As detailed in the Anticorruption document, Fernando Pulin Velayos appears as administrator of the Brazilian company, also the representative of one of the Cueto Group companies, controlled by Juan Carlos Cueto and to which Management Solutions also belongs.
Six months later, on July 28 of the same year, a second transfer, of 8,750 euros, was made to the same bank.
More voluminous are the movements of money that supposedly ended up in a company located in Luxembourg.
The investigations have revealed that Soluciones de Gestión made a transfer of 850,000 euros on January 20, 2021 to the Spanish company MTM 180 Capital SL, of which De Aldama is the owner.
“Analyzing the bank accounts titled by the aforementioned company, it is observed that with the funds transferred by Management Solutions, together with the constitution of a loan for an amount of one million euros, a transfer of 1,600,150.5 euros is made, "which would have been destined for the company Stronghold Credit SL," the Prosecutor's Office highlights in its letter.
The latter is a credit company owned by Stronghold Partners SL, which in turn has the Luxembourg company Stronghold Topco SARL as its sole shareholder.
It is precisely this activity of the plot abroad, supposedly linked to money laundering maneuvers, that led Anticorruption to present the complaint in the National Court, considering that part of the crimes were committed outside Spain, so This judicial body is competent to investigate.
These movements of money are considered by the Prosecutor's Office to be further evidence of the existence of a "criminal organization" whose objective was to fraudulently obtain public contracts and, subsequently, "to avoid the traceability of the income obtained as a consequence of the irregular awards."
The investigation has revealed that the plot involved eight public contracts worth more than 53 million euros, from which it was able to obtain “profits of around 32%” after deducting the payment it made to two mask suppliers. and to the companies that transferred them to Spain.
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