Victor de Aldama and his partner in the oil conspiracy, Claudio Rivas Ruiz-Capillas, laundered money of illicit origin by sending it to three companies created in the small town of Elva (Portugal).
As EL ESPAÑOL learned from sources close to the matter, the money from Aldama and his partner was sent from Spain and “slept” only a few hours in the accounts of these shell companies to repatriate him the same day.
The money was returned to Spain, but to different companies than the original ones. It was then that Aldama and his partner distributed it to instrumental companies in Europe, America and Asia.
The order of National Court judge Santiago Pedraz indicated last Friday that “they have been identified transfers abroad for 73.9 million euros in Portugal, Colombia and China.
The investigation of this newspaper allows us to add that, through leading men, Aldama and Claudio Rivas They control companies in the United States (Miami), Dominican Republic, Luxembourg and Switzerland. which also served to hide the assets of the two leaders of the conspiracy.
The front companies created in Elvas and which were used in this plot are: Atmosferaudaz Unipessoala LDA, Bravapercepçao Unipessoal LDA And Empolganterazao Unispessoal LDA.
All are domiciled at the same address: Parque Residencial Aqueduto, Lot 1-A, Bureau A 7350-155. It is a small office located in a commercial complex serving Spanish companies that want to save intra-community VAT.
The choice of Elvas by Aldama, who also introduced Rivas there, is due to its proximity to Badajoz. This Portuguese city is only a quarter of an hour from Spain and makes it an ideal location for criminal organizations and criminals.
As EL ESPAÑOL learned, The Portuguese Treasury investigated the Aldama and Rivas companies in court. The obvious fraudulent activity of these companies led the Portuguese state to block the accounts and companies.
Although he is a partner, Claudio Rivas would be a step above Aldama since he is the financier and mastermind of the conspiracy. The commissioner in charge of the Koldo affair made his political and commercial contacts in Spain and other countries, particularly in Latin America, available to the network.
The conspiracy moved the money quickly and through many companies, so the trail was lost. HASLady and Rivas hid his stake in the companies by using front men to whom they offered large sums of money and rewards to present themselves as sole directors of the companies.
EL ESPAÑOL can affirm that Aldama and Rivas They promised between 500,000 and a million euros to their front menmany of whom are Latin American. However, the companies closed their doors shortly after, before the two years were up, and failed to honor the agreement.
In reality, these companies have always been under the control of Aldama and Claudio Rivas. The latter’s sister, called María Luisa Rivas – better known as Marisa – transmitted orders only to the administrators and they only carried out the operations.
This newspaper also learned of threats made by Aldama and Rivas against their leading men when they demanded non-payments.
Aldama and Claudio Rivas They boasted of having members of the Civil Guard and the National Police on their salaries.thus attempting to intimidate the lower levels of the conspiracy.
Aldama and Rivas have been in temporary prison since last Friday. They are accused of crimes against the public treasurymembership in a criminal organization and money laundering in the oil conspiracy.
Both were co-leaders of a complex commercial structure which defrauded 182 million euros from hydrocarbon marketing companies.
The commercial structure is led by the operator Villafuel SL and its parent company Still Growing SL. The distributors investigated that were used by Aldama and Rivas are: Canary Islands Fuel, Salamanca Fuel Center, Carburantes Jalón – Plaza, Obaoil 3000, Casmar Hidrocarburos, Espaeventos SL and Skyward Tech SL.
“The criminal organization designed, implemented and operated a parallel business structure which it used to perfect the laundering of the funds generated. Thus, to the bank accounts it held, it transferred funds of criminal origin , mainly from suppliers’ accounts,” Judge Pedraz specifies in his order.
Since the money comes from the suppliers, “commercial companies are used to lower the price of hydrocarbons with the VAT that they will not pay“. In the end, “all the money transferred comes from the allegedly defrauded charges.”
