Overview

• Investigators say adviser Koldo García and then-wife Patricia Úriz managed “money of unknown origin” for the ex-minister through parallel “a” and “b” accounting, referring to him as “jefe a/jefe b.”
• WhatsApp logs from 2018 to 2023 describe cash terms such as “chistorras” for €500 notes, “soles” for €200, and “lechugas” for €100, along with requests for “folios” that the UCO interprets as cash.
• The UCO cites envelope pickups at PSOE headquarters in Ferraz coordinated with a party employee, along with repeated transfers and cash deposits handled by the couple.
• The report portrays García as Ábalos’s custodian who advanced mortgage payments, domestic wages, travel, hotels, gifts and other private expenses, with more than €95,000 in costs the UCO deems unjustified.
• A May 2019 Brussels trip includes flights for Jesica Rodríguez arranged on payment cards held by García or Úriz, while Ábalos publicly rejects the UCO’s reading of the coded messages.