Overview
- A written filing dated October 20 states that Víctor de Aldama paid at least €20,000 in cash to José Luis Ábalos to complete the purchase of a Valencia premises.
- Aldama submitted two versions of the contract, with the UCO seizing an electronic copy listing a €110,000 price, while the notarized deed records €90,000 on July 8, 2020.
- The UCO noted that recorded cheques did not align with the deeded amount and found no banking trail to account for the remaining €20,000.
- The premises of roughly 174 square meters lie beneath Ábalos’s residence at Calle Constitución 102 in Valencia, with reports noting the purchase with his ex-wife, Carolina Perles.
- Aldama says he was instructed to modify the contract to avoid reflecting cash payments and reiterates broader commission allegations under the Supreme Court’s ongoing investigation.