Overview
- Judge Ismael Moreno has opened a separate investigative piece to examine cash disbursements from the PSOE’s Ferraz office to José Luis Ábalos and his former adviser Koldo García.
- The PP, directing the unified popular accusation, has petitioned the Audiencia Nacional to expel the PSOE from the popular prosecution role, arguing incompatibility under Article 761 of the Criminal Procedure Law and a 2024 ruling by the same judge.
- Materials from the Supreme Court indicate some cash payments were documented as expense liquidations while others lacked sufficient justification, with concerns about deficient internal controls.
- The judge has forwarded the order and documentation to the Prosecutor’s Office and the parties to gather their positions, and a decision on the PP request is pending.
- Witness accounts include statements by ex-manager Mariano Moreno and staffer Celia Rodríguez about weak verification of tickets and invoices, and businesswoman Carmen Pano’s claim she delivered up to €90,000 in cash at Ferraz on instructions from intermediary Víctor de Aldama.