Overview
- Investigators say cash in envelopes collected at PSOE headquarters was delivered to José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García in amounts that do not match the party’s records submitted to the Supreme Court.
- The UCO cites quantified mismatches, including €19,638.97 in liquidations to Ábalos and €12,744.73 to García alongside €95,437.33 in expenses linked to Ábalos with no banking trace.
- Messages, photos and notes describe envelope pickups by Patricia Úriz and party employee Celia Rodríguez, coded references to €500 bills, and drops at Ábalos’s residence or the Transport Ministry.
- The report highlights an example from June 2019 showing a €321.29 declared liquidation versus €826.73 handwritten on an envelope for Ábalos, and flags a €2,000 cash payment to his driver that referenced oversight by Santos Cerdán and then party manager Mariano Moreno.
- Agents say Ábalos appeared to rely on a cash reserve of unclear origin, with his son Víctor identified as a custodian and supplier of funds, as political opponents now demand bank withdrawal receipts and invoices from the PSOE.