The president of the 13th Investigational Court of Valencia seized the bank accounts and products of the main defendants in the Azud case, worth 4,313,981.17 euros, according to the sums stated in a letter, according to the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office. Accounts have been blocked since May 13, 2021, when the second police operation took place in this case, where the Civil Guard Central Operational Unit (UCO) Economic Crime Group 3.44 records were kept and most of the defendants were arrested. The first police action in the Azud case took place on April 2, 2019, with the arrest of the Valencia mayor’s lawyer and his brother-in-law, Jose MarÃa CorbÃn, whose accounts have since been confiscated.
Valencian real estate businesswoman Mónica Montoro, who was arrested for allegedly coordinating the “schools” operation in the Azud case, is by far the most affected by the lawsuit as she has two current accounts, a foreign currency account and two paralyzed securities accounts. and an investment fund with a total amount of 2,469,889.79 Euros, the largest amount of which was invested in the mutual fund (1,573,387.80 Euro), according to the official letter of the Civil Guard.
Rafael Rubio, socialist politician and spokesperson for the PSOE at Valencia City Council, is the second most seized detainee: a total of 525,500.19 euros distributed to five current accounts in different banks, three mutual funds, a pension plan and two people. fixed term deposits. A further 162,648.64 euros, the majority of which he shared with his wife, were also blocked.
ability to hide
The accounts seized from Rubio are double the accounts seized from Alfonso Grau, the former deputy mayor of Valencia and Rita Barberá’s right-hand man, where investigators in the Azud case confiscated an account, a mutual fund and two pension plans. One of the pension plans is the bank with the largest amount (273,978.53 euros) worth 290,850.09 euros. In the case of Grao, it would be necessary to add the 138,232.41 euros blocked to the company Edificio Familia 3000 SL, which was allegedly used by him and his daughters to acquire property and launder money from illegal commissions allegedly paid by businessman Jaime Feb. Both of Grau’s daughters have their accounts blocked. EUR 23,069.95 for a resident of Valencia and EUR 2,659.04 for a resident of the United States where more money is traced from an account with a JP Morgan Chase bank.
The epicenter of the Azud plan, businessman Jaime MarÃa Febrer, was also unable to access two current accounts, a securities depository and a pension plan, where he had accumulated 86,618.06 euros for a year. To this amount it is possible to add another €75,514 seized from the commercial Grupo CVC Axis SL in a current account. Lawyer and conspirator José Luis Vera also saw two blocked accounts with 41,939.72 euros.
Closes list of suspects with massive blocking Former Xixona councilor Francisco Doménech Asensi was investigated for his involvement in the processing of a PAI in Xixona (which he wanted to include on the plot of land that he owned) and is also unable to access three current accounts, two securities deposits, and Another fixed futures for 192.190.17 euros. Interestingly, the former mayor of Xixona, Rosa MarÃa Verdú, is also under investigation, with a zero-euro balance in her accounts.
intercepted vehicles
Finally, Investigation Judge 13 also authorized Civil Guard UCO agents to drive five seized vehicles: a BMW X4 XDrive owned by Alfonso Grau, a Mercedes Benz A 200D seized by Rafael Rubio, and a Ford Kuga and a Peugeot Partner seized by José. Tepee Outdoor Luis Vera. Grau and Rubio fight to reclaim ownership of the vehicles. They claim that the decision was canceled because there was no notice.
Source: Informacion
