The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office has proposed prosecuting the former heads of Asturias engineering company Duro Felguera, its former chairman and former CEO, and several former Venezuelan presidents, Hugo Chávez, for allegedly paying kickbacks and bribes.
In a letter, the Public Ministry asks the president of Central Court of Order No. 2: ismail moreno12 persons and 4 legal entities were prosecuted for corruption and money laundering crimes.
Among these people is the former chairman of the company. Juan Carlos Torres Inclan and former CEO angel antonio del valle. On behalf of the Government of Venezuela, former Deputy Ministers Javier Ochoa Alvarado and Nervis Villalobos, in addition to their spouses, Maria Consuelo Pardi and Milagros Coromoto.
The prosecution frames events in 2009 when “a major energy crisis occurred in Venezuela that led to restrictions and even rationing.” “As one of the solutions to alleviate this emergency, the Venezuelan Administration has decided to build the Planta El Sitio thermoelectric power station,” he explains.
In order for this matter to be decided, in the letter, the Minister of Electricity Energy of the period, Raphael Ramirez, managed to establish his company as Duro Felguera. “This, in return, promised to deliver money several times to the Venezuelan public officials who made the decision in question. Ángel Antonio del Valle and Juan Carlos Torres Inclan The prosecutor’s office continues the allegation of those who decide on the aforementioned payments.
The anti-corruption details detail that the Spanish company teamed up with UTE Termocentro for the construction of the plant. Precision Machinery Assemblieshis only partner was actually Duro Felguera.
Therefore, and according to the Prosecutor’s Office, UTE Thermocentre “He signed a series of contracts with Venezuelan institutions and individuals whose purpose was to conceal the payment of kickbacks or bribes to Venezuelan public officials in order to protect the interests of the company in question.”
“Through these contracts, Torres Inclan and Del Valle Suárez, as directors of Duro Felguera, have agreed to deliver various amounts of money, at least up to the total amount. $105,627,600 [unos 94,3 millones de euros al cambio actual] To Nervis Villalobos, by companies intervening to use his ability to influence the Venezuelan Government for the company’s benefit,” adds Anticorruption.
The amount in question, the details of which belong to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, was paid in three lots: one$53,950,000; another $25,000,000; and the last 26,677,600. The first two were to be carried out through the Terca company, and the last through Ingespre.
Two directors of Duro Felguera made beneficial payments to win the tender for the construction of the Termocentro power plant and receive favorable treatment from the highest level; Luis Carlos de Leon Perez, Julia Van Der Brule, and also Javier Ochoa Alvarado will benefit from the offer made by Duro Felguera, among others and with the connections of Nervis Villalobos”.
The Prosecutor’s Office assures that “from their position in the publicly traded companies connected to the Termocentro project, they look after the interests of the Spanish firm in this award.” “Especially embodied in Caracas Electricity, the Ministry of Public Energy for Electricity.Javier Alvarado Ochoa is deputy minister,” he says.
In its letter, Anti-Corruption also draws attention to the fact that after the bribery allegations emerged, those involved in the investigation continued their purchases. lots of residences Based in Spain.
Finally, the prosecution case file seven researchedamong them are several related to Duro Felguera or the former general manager of UTE Termocentro.
It should be noted that the case examined in the National Court examined allegations of international corruption and money laundering for facts that emerged as a result of an investigation in 2015.
Originated from a report from Anti-Money Laundering Service (Sepblac), that politicians had detected “signs of crime” for payments in an account of the now-extinct Banco Madrid, which was allegedly bribed.
Source: Informacion
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