Overview

• Guardia Civil’s UCO delivered intercepted messages and documents on September 10 to Juzgado Central nº5 in the nationwide hydrocarbon VAT-fraud investigation.
• The file includes WhatsApps showing Koldo García pushing Villafuel’s licensing efforts with Industry on December 28, 2020, providing attendees’ names, DNIs, and a vehicle plate for a meeting with chief of staff Juan Ignacio Díaz Bidart.
• In July 2021 Koldo messaged Marc Isaac Pons at Ecological Transition after sending a PDF with Villafuel’s registry number, requesting a brief handoff to deliver the application papers.
• Interventions also document Koldo mediating between businessman Manuel Salles, already charged in the case, and José Luis Ábalos over a planned purchase of a Valencia ground-floor property, sharing owners’ IDs and a CaixaBank loan certificate as a €240,000 price was discussed.
• One exchange captures Víctor de Aldama writing "Menos mal que el padrino manda", a remark cited in tracing influence around ministry contacts, while sources close to Ábalos say the property sale never closed because no deposit was paid.