Leadership of the Asturian financial group Brigantine Blacksmithbeing investigated by alleged pyramid scheme, it took a few years a life “at full speed”, they point out legal sources involved in the case, from the Prensa Ibérica group to La Nueva España. This statement is supported by numerous sources from the personal and professional circle of the firm’s president, Asturian. Juan González HerreroClaiming that both he and his main collaborators enjoyed luxuries such as Regular use of private planes, company-rental high-end cars and accommodation in top hotelsamong other services. Some of the managers even recorded these habits in the photos they uploaded to their social networks.
Sources claim that executives use a car rental company to travel in high-end vehicles such as the BMW 7 Series and 3 Series, the Mercedes GLC 300 or the Audi Q5 and A3. Likewise, González Herrero also has an Audi Q8 and an Audi A5 Convertible for personal use.
For longer trips (for example, to London, where the group has a delegation), Herrero Brigantina’s senior managers often Private jets rented from Air Charter Services. “The aircraft used to be a six-seater, but it was different depending on the conditions,” says a person close to the company who has traveled this route many times. A spokesman for Air Charter Services contacted by this newspaper declined to comment. According to market sources, Rent for a small plane is around 4,000 euros per hour.
And this type of private air travel wasn’t just limited to planes. “Once González Herrero and another board member went to London by private jet. Since there was so much road traffic from the airport to the city center, they rented a helicopter on the spot. A source close to the president of Herrero Brigantina for years stated that they went to the helipad on the roof of their hotel, adding that he spared no expense when it came to hotels: “Stayed at the Ritz and Eurostars Madrid Tower several times in Madrid.“. Both five stars.
According to the sources consulted, González Herrero’s life accelerated in 2021, when he remarried. Kelly Galeano, was a former waiter in a restaurant in Ponferrada and soon became vice president of the company. The wedding took place on the ship on August 14, 2021 A yacht in the harbor of Ibiza. The rental fee of a boat with these features can reach up to 10,000 Euros per day.
On December 15, González Herrero was detained for several hours in Madrid. by agents of the Economic and Financial Crime Unit (UDEF). The Asturian businessman had spent the previous months in his wife’s hometown, Medellín (Colombia). There, according to legal sources, bothThey lived “a life of high dignity”.
National Court judge Santiago Pedraz last week refused to take over the investigation of the case, as requested by a court in Salamanca. The “true scope of the events” has not yet been determined. However, Pedraz noted the possibility that investments made by hundreds of Herrero Brigantina customers “were allocated to other projects or people with specific interests.”