The former Minister of Transport, José Luis Ábalos, has informed the Supreme Court from the Madrid prison of Soto del Real, where he has been for almost a year, that he will request “the fractionation” of the payments of the fines and indemnities to which he was condemned in the mask case, according to a notification diligence accessed by Europa Press.
According to that document, the former minister stated, upon being informed of the payment request, that he “will present allegations” and that he will request the fractionation of the fine and the indemnities agreed upon by the high court, which also imposed a sentence of 24 years in prison.
The Supreme Court condemned José Luis Ábalos to pay a fine of 52,500 euros, in addition to the confiscation of 430,298 euros as joint and several liability along with the other two convicted individuals, his former advisor Koldo García and the businessman and fixer Víctor de Aldama.
The sentence also sets a joint compensation with Koldo García of 34,450 euros for Ineco and 9,500.54 euros for Tragsatec, the companies where Jéssica Rodríguez, Ábalos' ex-partner, was placed and from which she collected without working.
The execution period and the responses of Koldo García and Víctor de Aldama
The high court opened the execution period of the sentence at the end of October and granted the convicted individuals 15 days to proceed with the payment, as well as a two-week period to present allegations. The notification diligence is dated November 6, the same as the one corresponding to Koldo García, who responded that he “will consult with his lawyer”.
That date is prior to Leticia de la Hoz, until then Koldo García's defense, sending a letter this Tuesday to the Audiencia Nacional communicating her resignation from the former advisor's defense.
For his part, Víctor de Aldama has stated that he is “aware and in agreement” with the conviction and has ratified his consent to perform community service for one year.
The monthly payments attributed to Aldama and the properties cited in the sentence
The judicial resolution also details 340,000 euros —at a rate of 10,000 euros per month for 34 months by Aldama—, in addition to 82,295 euros for the rent of the property located in Plaza de España and 8,000 euros for the rent of the chalet in Marbella/Villa Parra.
The Supreme Court attributes these amounts to the periodic payments that the businessman made to the former minister and his former advisor, as well as to the expenses linked to the properties enjoyed by Ábalos' ex-partner in Madrid and by himself in Malaga.
Civil liability and sentence liquidation
Furthermore, the magistrates have required José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García to compensate “jointly and severally” Ineco and Tragsatec with 34,450 euros and 9,500.54 euros, respectively, as civil liability. For these payments, the court granted a period of two weeks, after which “the enforcement procedure will be initiated in the case of fines and indemnities”.
The Supreme Court also agreed to carry out the corresponding sentence liquidations for the prison sentences of José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García, with the maximum compliance time set in the sentence: 16 and a half years for Ábalos and 15 years for Koldo.
José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García were convicted of crimes of criminal organization, bribery, influence peddling, and embezzlement, while Víctor de Aldama received a sentence of four years in prison for criminal organization and bribery, although he did not enter prison due to his cooperation with justice.
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