Located a “laundering plan” of 14 million in the office of the police chief that matched a fortune in his house | Spain

The investigators found in the office of Óscar Sánchez, the chief inspector of the Unit of Economic and Fiscal Crime (UDEF) of the National Police arrested in November For its relationship with drug trafficking, an alleged “laundering plan” very detailed to reintroduce at least 14 million euros in the legal market through cryptocurrencies, as recorded in a report incorporated into the summary opened by the National Court, to which the country had access. This document, which includes references to countries such as Panama (where two controlled societies are attributed through a “testaferro”) and hand annotations (with names of other suspects and a company dotted with the plot), evidence the stratospheric amount of money that allegedly moved the corrupt agent, charged with collaborating with a group specialized in the transport of cocaine from South America.

This new « indication » adds to the battery of evidence that the Internal Affairs Unit (UAI) accumulates against the head of the UDEF. The researchers, who hold What Sanchez gave narcos sneaky Using the information he knew thanks to his position, he already intervened 20 million euros in metallic when he was captured with his partner, Noelia Ruiz, also a policeman: 18.9 million were hidden in their own home (several of them, matched) and another million in a closet of his office in the upper head of the National Police of Madrid. But, in the opinion of the agents, that is just a part of the fortune he kneaded thanks to his cooperation with the criminal organization for years. The agents maintain that, in addition, it executed several “strategies” for the washing of the funds, such as the purchase of cryptoactives through third parties and companies. And for all this, in addition, he used a National Society Maraña and international.

In that line, As the country revealeda notebook with notes on the alleged “international business framework” used by Sánchez was found in the police chief to channel part of the money and bleach it. And also in that registry, as stated in a summary report, the agents found another document of great importance to strengthen the imputations: “A laundering plan, which states that it would have been delivered of 14 million euros that would have been changed to the Usdt cryptoactive « . In this document, hand annotations are appreciated with the names of Antonio Ap, Daniel SV, José Antonio PC and the Kunga Inversiones SL company details that the group allegedly used this company to “return funds” to the legal circuit through a credit contract and for that “laundering plan” of 14 million euros.

« It was also possible to locate a document that referred to amounts received, delivered and pending bleaching, » the researchers continue in a report, where they add that these amounts noted « coincide » with the uprights that the accused mentioned in the conversations they maintained, which were intercepted by the agents. « The investigation so far carried out has also allowed to verify that Kunga has also transferred companies controlled by the criminal organization, as is the case of the commercial Dusseldorf Trans Car SL, to which he promised to provide 310,000 euros, a contract that was located in the mobile terminal of Oscar Sánchez, » adds magistrate Francisco de Jorge, who directs the investigations from the central court Number 1 of the National Court.

Kunga administrator, Albert SC, told the Police that this company is dedicated to the « change of fiduciary currency for virtual currency. » Contacted by the country, the company denies its involvement in the illegal operation, ensures that it complied with the regulations and that the system designed by the plot was so complex that « it was very difficult for us to know the illicit origin of the funds. » « There were no indications of money laundering, » says its administrator when referring to the operations that were executed.

Albert SC also told the Police that Antonio Ap, a « client » that has brought other « clients », came to say that « they were going to gather » at the beginning of last November « with a commissioner, called Óscar, in Madrid, who wanted to buy about 200 million in virtual currency, which would deliver in lots of 10 million, but finally it was not presented, » according to his statement. According to Apostill, that appointment should be produced on the day Antonio Ap was arrested.

Another detainee, Joseph Elías EH, told the researchers that Óscar Sánchez « wanted him to collaborate with him in matters of money laundering » and that, on one occasion, « he witnessed how Oscar handed a cardboard box » to one « José Antonio », who told him that he contained half a million euros.

Mobile analysis

Agents have also found Óscar Sánchez conversations with another suspect, Fabián Andrés RL, who sends images to the head of the Udef of “very high balances in two cryptocurrency directions”. « Fabián Andrés RL would receive cash that would turn usdt cryptocurrency, subsequently sending them to cryptoactive directions controlled by Oscar and its surroundings, » emphasizes a resolution signed by Jorge's magistrate. Internal affairs has stressed that this complex operation – with several layers of « concealment » – was aimed to « hinder the tracking of the funds. » For example, « once capital is exchanged in cryptoactive, this goes through several cold wallets and several banks, » says the researchers.

According to several police reports, the agents emphasize that Sánchez used a lawyer (Mario PS) to “coordinate” that “fund washing strategy” and several laundering pathways were used. Moreover, after the arrest of Óscar Sánchez, the researchers made a first “preliminary analysis” of their content and concluded: “(in this) not only have concrete operating operations of money laundering been identified, but there have been access to two diagrams in which it is detailed how it is intended to bleach three million euros. The final recipients of those funds would be seven companies that control the criminal organization”.