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Police Raid Plus Ultra in Money-Laundering Probe, Detain Owner and CEO

The searches are part of an anti-corruption inquiry into suspected laundering linked to the airline’s controversial €53 million state rescue in 2021.

Overview

  • UDEF officers searched the airline’s Madrid headquarters and executives’ homes, seizing and imaging computer devices under a court order.
  • The investigation is led by Anticorrupción before Madrid Investigative Court No. 15, and key proceedings are under secrecy, according to judicial and police sources.
  • ABC reports the detainees are owner Julio Martínez and chief executive Roberto Roselli, with the company saying it is cooperating and continuing normal operations.
  • Prosecutors have examined documents alleging transfers connected to a wider international network tied to Venezuelan gold sales and entities in Mauritius, Panama and the UAE.
  • A prior case examining the 2021 SEPI rescue was archived in 2023 for lack of illegality, but new inquiries and testimony have renewed judicial scrutiny.