Part of those allegedly unlawful funds was made by the development firm Gigante from La Mancha, apparently with funds from the Valencian building firm Jaime María Febrer, but additionally by means of the Gimeno group – whose proprietor was already sentenced within the Gürtel case for the same operation, however with the PP as beneficiary- and Acciona, supposedly on account of the award of the work of a bit of the Júcar-Vinalopó switch.
The Azud case investigates the alleged assortment of million-dollar commissions in trade for city favors and through which former members of the Popular Party and the PSPV-PSOE are implicated. In this framework, the Central Operating Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard particulars numerous funds that have been channeled by means of corporations of the Gimeno Group, akin to Sitra or Facsa (about 180,000 euros) and likewise Construcciones Luján (120,000 euros) to pay numerous promoting and communication corporations the making of caps, t-shirts, backpacks or pencils, amongst different objects.
Signing of an settlement between the corporate Acuamed and the Xixona City Council
The abstract of one of many items of the Azud case, which remained secret till Tuesday, December 20, incorporates a 377-page report from the UCO that confirms the injection of opaque funds to the candidacies of the previous ministers by means of corporations associated to Febrer , who took cost of the bills of numerous promotional objects.
In this particular piece, the actions carried out by the Axis Group are investigated in relation to the Integrated Action Program in ‘El Espartal’ in Xixona (Alicante), in a interval from 2004 to 2008, and the justification for the existence of water assets by means of Acuamed.
To obtain this venture, water justification was needed, given the shortage of enough assets within the space, and which was lastly obtained with the signing of an settlement between the corporate Acuamed and the Xixona City Council, for the growth of the desalination plant in-built Mutxamel-Campello that will provide the municipality.
Withdraw funds from the authorized circuit and use them to pay bribes
The UCO has been in a position to perform these inquiries primarily based on the paperwork that have been seized from the previous head of finance of the PSPV-PSOE Pepe Cataluña, accused on this case.
The abstract of this case signifies that the businesses of the Axis Group, owned by businessman Jaime María Febrer, paid the development firm Gigante Edificaciones y Obras a big sum of cash for promoting bills with the true intention of eradicating these funds from the authorized circuit. and use them to pay bribes.
Numerous conferences between Febrer and Pepe Cataluña
With a part of these funds, provides the aforementioned order, Gigante made funds to corporations linked to promoting, a complete of 484,480 euros (to Metrofilms, Industrias Gráficas Valencianas, Key, Publiexpress and Cronosport), all of which have been corporations devoted to promoting and who labored for the PSPV-PSOE.
As detailed by the investigator within the case in a latest order, Febrer held quite a few conferences with Pepe Cataluña through which they supposedly mentioned what the capabilities that Gigante needed to do must be to pay, with funds from the Axis Group, promoting bills within the PSPV campaigns. .
The PSPV-PSOE additionally paid a part of the electoral marketing campaign of Unió Valenciana in 2007, in line with the consultant of Key, particularly actions for the electoral marketing campaign for 102,080 euros by means of Gigante on the suggestion of Paco Martínez, former supervisor of the PSPV-PSOE .
Nine folks investigated on this piece of Azud
In this piece by Azud there are 9 folks investigated: the previous head of finance for the PSPV, Pepe Cataluña; the previous president of the Júcar Hydrographic Confederation, Juan José Moragues; the previous head of Divalterra’s authorized companies, José Luis Vera; the previous CEO of the state firm Aguas del Júcar SA, José María Marugán; Juan José Fermández, former worker of Acciona; and the businessmen Jaime Febrer, Enrique Gimeno and Francisco Antonio Gigante.
In the Azud case, the crimes of affect peddling, prevarication, bribery, doc falsification, cash laundering, illicit affiliation and felony group are investigated. More than fifty people are charged, in addition to corporations.
In the principle piece, the previous deputy mayor of Valencia is being investigated with the PP and the right-hand man of the deceased Rita Barberá, Alfonso Grau; the brother-in-law of the previous mayor and lawyer, José María Corbín and his household; the previous socialist councilor and former authorities subdelegate, Rafael Rubio; the previous head of Divalterra’s authorized companies, José Luis Vera; the previous mayor of Xixona, Rosa María Verdú and a former mayor, businessmen and Pepe Cataluña himself.