The Supreme Court has asked the National High Court to investigate the PSOE's payments to Ábalos and Koldo for alleged money laundering
The judge believes the money could have been laundered through the settlement of expenses.
PSOE headquarters in Madrid. Stock Photo: Europa Press
The SupremeCourt judge in charge of the 'Koldo case'has asked the National High Courtto investigate the payments made by the PSOE in favour of former Minister José Luis Ábalos and former adviser Koldo García .
The judge believes that the moneycould have been laundered through the settlement of expenses, and the party, the people investigated and the party workers who testified have so far not clarified anything about it.
In a car issued this very Friday, instructor Leopoldo Puente explains that the activity of the PSOE, beyond any legal qualification, is not "inexorably linked" to the purpose of the investigation that he directs, namely the existence of a network that supposedly laundered the path – consisting of Ábalos, Koldo, and former PSOE Secretary of Organization Santos Cerdán – with the aimof charging alleged commissions in exchange for public awards.
In this context, Puente considers that it is not his duty to investigate the cash payments made by the PSOEand has asked the investigatingjudge of the National High Court, Ismael Moreno , to investigate whether the persons investigated laundered money through the settlement of party expenses.
The Supreme Magistrate emphasizes that the PSOE did not verify, before making cash payments, whether the expenditure was the same person who requested the return of the money, depending on the tickets or invoices submitted.
This lack of control, in the opinion of the magistrate, may have allowed tickets for services actually paid by a relative or friend to be presented.
He also points out that it was not verified that the payments made by the recipient of the refund were made by the person in cash or through bank mediation.
The Magistrate also emphasizes that Ábalos and Koldo did not provide any information in this regard during their hearings at the Supreme Court and invoked the constitutional right not to make a statement.
In Puente's view, "all these doubtsmust be resolved in such a way that, after the relevant investigation, they may indicate the existence of irregular conduct or activity, and to the extent that they may constitute a crime. "
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