An alleged bribery of 500,000 euros takes Ayuso’s couple to the judge: the keys to the case | News from Madrid

The judge will interrogate This Thursday at 10.00 in Plaza de Castilla to the couple of the Madrid presidentAlberto González Amador, for his businesses with an executive of the Quirón health group. At that same time, in the Madrid Assembly, the weekly plenary of every Thursday is celebrated, but this time with the absence of Isabel Díaz Ayuso, who has left her empty chair and has left to Ecuador of official travel to « strengthen ties » with that American nation. On the other hand, in the hours before the citation another setback has been known for the president of the president. The judge has accused her financial advisor, Javier Gómez Fidalgo, as she has advanced Eldiario.es and has confirmed the country by judicial sources. It must appear on May 6.

Amador has been summoned six times by the judge of the number 19 of instruction, María Immaculate Iglesias. This Thursday’s appearance is the first to have to do with its business relations with Quirón. The previous five occasions He was called for his alleged fiscal fraud of 350,910 euros and the falsification of invoices. The first four were not carried out for different reasons and in the fifth, on February 24, He refused to declare.

What is investigated this Thursday?

Judge Iglesias began instruction in March last year based on the previous work of the Finance Inspectors. In October, he expanded his inquiries by estimating that the facts investigated by the Tax Agency could have lace in new criminal types. The judge divided the case into two procedures: the original piece, focused on fiscal fraud and the use of false invoices; and the separate piece, dedicated to corruption in business (bribery) and unfair administration (damage to the heritage administered by abuse of faculties).

The operation in the center of this second piece is a suspicious purchase of bribery. Ayuso’s couple acquired in December 2020 a company of aesthetic treatments without value for 500,000 euros. The company, Circle of Beauty SL, was owned by the wife of the chiron executive who has been giving work to the Ayuso couple, Fernando Camino.

That purchase occurred months after Amador received extraordinary revenues of 1.9 million euros through intermediating in a mask sales operation also related to Camino. The Chiron Executive is Mape’s advisor, the company buying the covers.

What does the defense of Amador say?

It is expected that this Thursday Amador will talk for the first time in front of the judge. This is because the declaration has been requested by its lawyerswho now want to give priority to the second piece. All parties have the right to ask questions, but it is possible that Ayuso’s couple is limited to answering their lawyers.

What asks for the accusation?

The Prosecutor’s Office supports this new investigation and He has considered that this purchase can be equivalent to a bribe. The popular accusations of PSOE and more Madrid requested months ago a series of related proceedings among which it is summoned to declare their wife, María Gloria Carrasco.

What does Ayuso say?

Ayuso holds that research to your partner is a « state operation » against it. The Madrid president has skipped this Thursday in the Assembly, a decision that has surprised because she rarely is absent for these appointments. Every Thursday, the first half hour of the plenary becomes a hard confrontation between it and the opposition groups.

Last Friday, your communication team announced A four -day trip to EcuadoA, between Tuesday and Friday. « His stay, » said the text, « will contribute to strengthening ties with a community very present in the region, where there are more than 100,000 Ecuadorians-about 77,000 with Spanish nationality and 33,000 with residence permit. » Ayuso announced that he will ratify an agreement between his government and Ecuador’s embassy in Madrid to facilitate the recognition of labor titles to that community. In addition, Ayuso will participate in two rallies, in Quito and Guayaquil, supporting the President, Daniel Noboa, who plays his re -election on Sunday.

It is not the first time that Ayuso has avoided public appearances in Madrid during his partner’s judicial appointments. On May 20 of last year, he had nothing on his agenda and on June 24 he visited Germany. The president also left to Chile ten days after the news about the investigation to her partner broke out, in March 2024. She did attend to the press from Extremadura, on another institutional trip, on February 24 of this year, when Amador also appeared in the courts of the capital.

What does the Quirón health giant say?

Chirón He has kept silent on the case despite the fact that the judge considers that the company is harmed and that its executive acted “in collusion” with Amador. The company has internal standards that prohibit private businesses with suppliers that deviate from market prices, such as the one carried out between Amador and the wife on the way.

Why has Fidalgo been charged?

Fidalgo has been involved because he presented the suspicious tax statements that gave rise to the case. Then, when Hacienda began its inspection for fiscal fraud, it was the representative chosen by Amador. The Prosecutor’s Office had requested that it will be charged as a necessary cooperator of fiscal fraud crimes of 350,910 euros and falsification of commercial documents.

In addition, he is behind the company that bought an attic that Ayuso and his partner enjoy, according to nearby sources. He is right on the floor superior to his home. The leftist opposition has asked the president to explain the reason for that assignment.

What is investigated in the original piece?

Amador now faces two judicial fronts, which could enter prison if both end up in a firm conviction. The first investigation against the couple was opened in March last year, when Judge Iglesias charged Amador for two crimes of fiscal fraud in competition with as many documentary falsehood. According to the previous research of the Treasury, Amador defrauded 350,910 euros by presenting some business invented in the declarations of the Corporation Tax of 2020 and 2021 of his company Maxwell Cremona, dedicated to making consulting to obtain quality seals.

On March 21, the Finance Inspector who led the investigation ratified before the judge by point The findings of your team. The Tax Agency’s report proves the existence of up to 15 false invoices for 1.7 million euros that the president of the President of the Community of Madrid used to deduce non -existent expenses and thus pay less in the tax. The report also indicates that González Amador had a « fraud » and « beggar behavior. » To prove the crime of fiscal fraud, two requirements are key: that the frauded amount exceeds 120,000 euros and that it has acted with intent or will to commit crimes.

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