It is an “instrumental” piece to advance the investigations on the new commissions found
MADRID, 4 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The judge of the National Court Manuel García Castellón has opened a new line of investigation of the so-called ‘Villarejo case’ to put the magnifying glass on the collections and payments made by the business group of the now retired commissioner, after the National Police indicated new orders of private clients, thus advancing in the analysis of the enormous documentation seized in the entrances and records with which the macro-cause broke out.
In a car, to which Europa Press has had access, the head of the Central Court of Instruction Number 6 orders to open a new piece of “patrimonial investigation” with a purely “instrumental” character, number 35 of ‘Tándem’.
The instructor explains that the objective is “to investigate the economic means used by certain companies to pay for the allegedly illegal services contracted from CENYT.”
The first step, indicates García Castellón, must be “the patrimonial investigation oriented to the verification of payments and collections made through certain companies” linked to Villarejo.
Thus, it orders to obtain form 347, a tax document that is a list of clients where transactions with third parties of more than 3,000 euros are reflected, corresponding to the 2004 and 2017 financial years of several companies, including the head of CENYT, its real estate branch and its law firm.
The reason that said piece has been opened is the analysis that the Internal Affairs Unit of the National Police has made of part of the material found in the house of Villarejo’s partner, Rafael Redondo, during the first entries and searches, carried out in November of 2017.
During the first trial for ‘Tándem’, the inspector who directs the investigations of Internal Affairs revealed that there is still a lot of material found then that is pending review.
As this documentary examination progressed, Internal Affairs came across what it describes as private client assignments to CENYT that were not on the judicial radar and sent two police official notices to the National High Court to account for them.
In the car, García Castellón points out that the facts revealed by Internal Affairs in two reports “present characteristics of crimes of car driver and discovery and revelation of secrets.”
However, it states that, given the need to “prioritize efforts and means”, “in addition to the order date, it must be taken into consideration whether the service was actually provided or not, that is, whether the preliminary treatment crystallized into a real job or if, on the contrary, we are simply faced with unfinished commission projects and for which no amount would have been paid”, which is why he has decided to start by following the money trail.
The legal sources consulted by Europa Press point out that the instructor also expects a detailed analysis of each new project detected by Internal Affairs to decide later, with all the information in his possession, if he opens more pieces to investigate them.
