The judge of the ‘Koldo’ case imputes Pardo de Vera for embezzlement and influence peddling | Spain

Ismael Moreno, instructor magistrate of the Koldo case At the National Court, he has charged Isabel Pardo de Vera, former president of Adif, for her alleged participation in the hiring of Jésica R., former couple of the socialist José Luis Ábalos, former Minister of Transportation of the Government of Pedro Sánchez. The judge thus expands these inquiries to the former correspondible from the public railway infrastructure company, which he already investigates for two crimes of embezzlement and influence peddling. The magistrate has summoned Pardo de Vera on May 29.

With this decision, Ismael Moreno follows the line marked by his partner Leopoldo Puente, instructor of the Ábalos case In the Supreme Court. In AprilPuente stressed that there are « quite signs » that the former president of Adif « could have a relevant participation » in the « irregular and capricious » hiring of Jessica Rodríguez in the public companies INECO and Tragsatec. Then, the High Court sent its conclusions to the National Court to decide whether it charged Pardo de Vera. The Anti -Corruption Prosecutor supported this option last week, to which green light has been given on Tuesday.

In his resolution, magistrate Ismael Moreno adds that Pardo de Vera « would have had a decisive participation » in the hiring of Jessica Rodríguez, « at the request » of José Luis Ábalos and his former advisor, Koldo García, charged with the plot of corruption that nest in the Ministry of Transportation. The judge emphasizes that Ineco took the services of the then couple of the socialist between March 1, 2019 and February 28, 2021; when it became part of tragsatec until September 2021. However, According to Rodríguez herself admittedhe did not perform any work or attend his job, « although he promptly perceived the corresponding salaries. »

In this regard, the audience instructor deofs on which Tragsatec chose Jessica Rodríguez among the 177 people who attended the post. And it emphasizes that, once hired, the ex -partner of Ábalos was “attached to the presidency of Adif”, then occupied by Pardo de Vera.

In addition to citing as accused of the former president of ADIF, Judge Ismael Moreno program the interrogations of four new witnesses who “had a relevant role” in the process of contracting the ex -partner of Ábalos: Ana Argita, head of selection and recruitment of Ineco; Josefa Pérez, senior expert in Ineco; Ignacio Zaldívar, Director of Administrative Management of ADIF; and María Dolores Tapia, head of the Ineco project. They appoint them on June 24.

The judicial investigation into the plot that nest in Transportes has been divided into two parts. The Supreme has assumed the investigations related to Ábalos (being afrado) and its supposed network of influences; while the National Court continues with the rest of the suspects.

During his statement in the supreme as a witness, Pardo de Vera disconnected from the hiring of Jessica Rodríguez, and only referred to a couple of isolated conversations with the then head of Transport and his advisor, Koldo García, in which both asked him about how administrative staff could be hired in this company. However, a subsequent report by the Central Operating Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard revealed that the former president of ADIF Messages with Garcia crossed, in which he was pressing To quickly close the signing. « Only one thing, to call the girl to start the procedures for hiring as administrative Joseba (García, Koldo’s brother and employee in Ineco), who, if not, José cuts my eggs, » said the ex -asor of Ábalos.