Aldama admits all crimes and calls for a reduction of the penalty "for cooperating with the prosecution"
The businessman involved in the network of illegal commissions in the "Koldo case" has called for a reduction in the penalty once all crimes have been admitted and "substantial" evidence has been provided to the case.
The businessman Victor de Aldama, alleged commissioner of the network of public masks contracts, has admitted responsibility for all the crimes charged to him by the Public Prosecutor's Office, including criminal organization, bribery and the use of insider information.
Thus, Aldama has requested that the seven-year prison sentence proposed by the Public Prosecutor's Office be reduced on the grounds of its "essential" cooperation with the justice system.
The businessman will face former Minister José Luis Ábalos and former adviser Koldo García in the Supreme Court, where he has already filed his defence brief.
Aldama himself has explained that cooperation with the Public Prosecutor's Office has been key to the progress of the investigation by providing documents, testimonies and confessions that helped to clarify the facts and the involvement of the rest of those involved.
According to the story, Aldama paid commissions to Ábalos and García in exchange for the award of public contracts, and Aldama acknowledges that he received 53 million euros for those contracts, 10% of which were used as commissions, namely Ábalos received 2 million and Garcia received 500,000 euros.
In the meantime, Aldama Villafuel has moved away from the company on the grounds that it was never part of its structure, while the entrepreneur claims that he did not share interests beyond the efforts to obtain contracts in the hydrocarbon sector.
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