Álvaro Romillo, the businessman investigated in the alleged Madeira Invest Club (MIC) pyramid scam, admitted this Wednesday before the National Court to having paid 100,000 euros in cash in the middle of the campaign to MEP Alvise Pérez in exchange “future favors”. “, sources close to the content of his statement confirm to elDiario.es. Romillo was summoned to appear in an investigation opened for illegal financing after admitting in a document presented to the prosecution to having paid this sum to the man who was then a candidate and now a member of the European Parliament.
As part of these investigations, which are the subject of a separate investigation as part of the procedure to analyze the collapse of Romillo’s investment business, Alvise himself was also summoned, but he didn’t show up. After admitting the complaint, Judge José Luis Calama offered the MEP, given his status as a certified person, the possibility of testifying voluntarily. Alvise has decided for the moment not to take advantage of this offer, although his lawyers have confirmed that they will offer him other dates so that he can appear before the judge “next week or the week after”, according to the sources consulted.
As revealed by elDiario.es, the ultra agitator developed a relationship with Romillo, leader of a financial investment club and businessman in the cryptocurrency sector, to the point that the aspiring MEP participated at an event to promote his now-defunct platform. Madeira Investment Club.
The exchange of messages that contributed to the affair reveals that Alvise discussed his financing needs and Romillo ended up offering to collect 100,000 euros in hand, cash and black money through Sentinel, a company dedicated to facilitating money exchanges under a promise of complete confidentiality. managed 5,000 safes in an armored fortification in the heart of Madrid.
After the scandal broke, Alvise admitted to having received this money, but he attributed the payment to the work he carried out as an “independent”, which he did not finish specifying and which does not appear not in conversations with the businessman. Before the judge, Romillo admitted that “there was no service” and that it was a quid pro quo in exchange for “future favors.”
The conversations provided reveal that between Alvise and Romillo a sort of almost commercial relationship developed for months in which the candidate was looking for money to finance himself and the businessman was looking for access to his community to do know your businesses. “Your speech is absolutely identical to mine against the State, and that is why I want to support you,” Alvise came to tell him, who asked him if he knew people who might be interested in supporting his community , which he defined as “of freedom and the successful fight against corruption.
The businessman responded that he knew “people who have money” and that they might be interested not so much in his political project, but in contributions as a kind of “investment” or of “collaboration” in exchange for publicity of its commercial projects. among his supporters. Alvise was “excited” to do a “weekly promotion” or “record some very viral things with guests and influencers”, although the exact terms of this alleged collaboration did not appear in the messages provided. Furthermore, when the businessman announced that he already had money for him, Alvise told him in another message that these funds would allow him to launch “an urgent part of the campaign”.
