The UCO attributes to the PSOE payments of more than 43,000 euros to Leire Díez through intermediary companies

A new report from the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, sent to judge Santiago Pedraz, quantifies at 43,225 euros the money that, according to investigators, the PSOE would have made reach former socialist militant Leire Díez through two intermediary companies. 

The first channel identified by the UCO is the company Zaño Sociedad Consultora, managed by Gaspar Zarrías, which would have transferred four payments of 4,000 euros each to Díez. Investigators suspect that these transfers "would have actually been a method for her to receive amounts originating from the PSOE," a conclusion they reached after searching the socialist headquarters on Ferraz street. As additional evidence, the UCO highlights the temporal coincidence between the invoices Zaño issued to the party and the salaries Díez herself collected from that same company, noting that both concepts coincide in number: four invoices on one side, four salaries on the other.

Investigators also identify another channel through which the former socialist militant would have received 27,225 euros, in this case through the companies Oliver Gruppe S.L. and I. Oliver & Partners, both linked to lawyer Ismael Oliver.

The UCO maintains that Leire Díez "would have promoted, within the party, the payment of the corresponding fees" of lawyers Jacobo Teijelo and Ismael Oliver and considers that this operation could have served to subsequently channel funds to the former socialist militant herself. The report also incorporates references to payments made by the PSOE to the media outlet Crónica Libre during the campaign for the 2024 European elections.

The judge sets new summonses in the 'Leire case'

The judge of the Audiencia Nacional Santiago Pedraz has agreed to new proceedings in the so-called 'Leire case' and has summoned the PSOE's manager, Ana María Fuentes, and lawyer Ismael Oliver, who defended former ministerial advisor Koldo García, to testify as investigated parties on September 9.

According to the UCO, the expenses of the group allegedly led by Santos Cerdán and Leire Díez, from logistical to personnel needs, were financed with money from "the same origin: the PSOE." Investigators believe that, in numerous cases, this money would have been channeled through shell companies and irregular invoices to disguise its real origin. Among the examples handled in the case are 27,225 euros that Díez would have received from Oliver Gruppe, Ismael Oliver's own company, whom the judge considers a possible "vehicle" used to get those payments to her.

The magistrate is investigating Fuentes for his possible participation in the issuance of "mendacious engagement notes" which, allegedly, would have served to justify payments from the PSOE to lawyers Jacobo Teijelo and Ismael Oliver. Pedraz specifies that, according to the current state of the investigation, his possible intervention would fit more into "the figure of co-authorship or complicity than as the main person responsible for the crime of criminal organization or the others committed."