At the request of the anti-corruption prosecution, the judge Santiago Pedraz sent to temporary prison Victor de Aldama for the call fuel plot. This businessman is also the subject of an investigation by another judge of the National Court for what is called Koldo affair.
Aldama, with his partner Claudio Rivas and his sister, Maria Luisa Rivaswere arrested last Monday by the Civil Guard. And this Thursday they were made available to Pedraz, who is investigating a commercial network allegedly dedicated to defrauding the Public Treasury through hydrocarbon companies.
The magistrate, in accordance with what was requested by the anti-corruption prosecutor, decreed —in a car moving forward EL ESPAÑOL– THE provisional prison only for Aldama and for Claudio Rivas for the fuel plot. One of the companies that was part of this network is Villafuel SLwhose CEO is officially María Luisa Rivas, who has been provisionally released.
Claudio Rivas and Aldama had common affairas evidenced by the discussions between them recently included in the summary of the Koldo affair through a report from the Civil Guard.
Although the call fuel plot This is a different court case, the Aldama-Rivas relationship is a link between the two.
In the call Koldo affairNational Court judge Ismael Moreno is investigating an alleged plot dedicated to collect illegal commissions thanks to the awards received during the Covid-19 pandemic by Soluciones de Gestión SL.
This company was hired in 2020 by the Ministry of Transport, when he led it Jose Luis Abalosto provide masks. Víctor de Aldama would have acted as commissionaire/intermediary in this project, in addition, as the summary shows, actively participating in the work of Transport, although he does not hold a position.
On the other hand, the fuel plot would have disappointed more than 182 million eurosfor VAT, to the Public Treasury, through Villafuel SL and other companies in the hydrocarbon sector. In addition to the Rivas brothers and Aldama, the Civil Guard arrested eleven other people this Monday for this reason.
