Judge Alejandro Abascal agreed continue the investigation within the framework of the so-called moodmanagement of Angel Maria Villar in front of real spanish football federation (RFEF) and General Government Intervention (IGAE) Expand reports on a funding referral claim you provided last May and a number of alleged irregularities in the operation of several football fields in Spain.
In an order accessed by Europa Press, the magistrate of the National Supreme Court stated that he had extended the investigation period by another three months, until 29 October 2022, “without prejudice to extensions for periods equal to or less than this.” they can remember if appropriate”.
No. 1 Central Court of Justice, investigate facts that may constitute crimes of unfair administration, abuse and/or fraud, embezzlement, among others public funds, forged documents, corruption between individuals and against the Public Treasury.
This is not the first time this period has been extended. in this investigation. In July of last year, it was decided to extend the deadline by six months. It was extended for another three months until April, when it was extended again in January 2022.
As stated in the decision, the Prosecutor’s Office, the State Attorney’s Office, the National Professional Football League and the RFEF requested an extension of the investigation period.
Judge Abascal explained in this case the “impossibility” of completing the investigations before 29 July was “obvious”“Since there are cases pending beyond the work pace of this judicial body, it is reasonable and realistic to extend the case for another three months.”
In this sense, he stressed that the investigation carried out so far motivated the implementation of the “numerous” statement of the accused and witnesses. He also reminded that various expert reports, which meant their complexity, were not yet completed and new documents were collected, which were transferred to the legal aid unit of the Tax Office.
IGAE report
Accordingly, the judge referred to the expert report sent by IGAE and agreed to extend it. In one of these documents, the Intervention focuses on: Partial funding by the Supreme Sports Council (CSD) of renovations to the Tanos municipal football fields in Torrelavega.
Specifically, CSD made two entries to the RFEF in 2014 and was the person responsible for making the corresponding payment. This is how things areThe organization, headed by Villar, paid the Cantabrian Football Federation (FCF) a subsidy of 210,000 euros for the fields mentioned. This draws attention to the fact that although the municipality in question gave aid to the City Council, the IGAE transfer process took two years.
As they pointed out, the FCF did not use the subsidy funds for the purposes for which they were awarded. “On the contrary, it has been proven that in just seven months from the date of receipt of the grant, it has consumed all of the grant funds (approximately 208,000 euros) for purposes other than those for which the grant was awarded,” he explains. notice.
Also, although the FCF states that it is returning the subsidy, experts confirm that this is “not true”. “Because this return corresponds to a loan transaction completely unrelated to the subsidy,” they say.
The report also includes alleged lawsuits. Irregularities in the financing of football fields in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Cáceres and Melilla.
Similarly, the IGAE warned in its expert opinion that the RFEF promoted “discretionary” use of public funds from the collection of sports betting by failing to set objective criteria for the selection of performances and works, between 2009 and 2013 and then in 2015. to subsidize.
He has “famous discretion in the distribution of funds,” as he explains. However, experts noted that it is not possible to deduce “intention to allocate more to some Federations than to others” from “analysis with available information”.