The 'Super Cup' judge follows the money trail: 15 banks, 96 Piqué accounts and 36 Rubiales accounts

The UCO reports that a company linked to Rubiales transferred 567,500 euros to the Dominican Republic

MADRID, 5 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The judge in charge of investigating alleged irregularities in the management of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) for the organization of the 'Super Cup' in Saudi Arabia has required some 15 banks to provide information on 96 bank accounts in the name of the former player. of the Barcelona Football Club Gerard Piqué and 36 others of which the former president of the RFEF Luis Rubiales is the owner.

According to an order to which Europa Press has had access, the head of the Court of First Instance and Instruction Number 4 of Majadahonda, Delia Rodrigo, agreed to said proceedings in December 2022 - at the request of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard-- considering that they were "adequate, useful and necessary for the complete clarification" of the investigation.

The instructor ordered the requests to the banking entities within the framework of a separate piece of the case that at that time was under summary secrecy. Both the accusations and the defenses were made aware of this decision this week, after the judge lifted the secrecy of the proceedings on March 27.

Specifically, Rodrigo has asked 15 banks for information on the accounts of Piqué and Rubiales: "All movements recorded in these accounts - balance, income and payments - since January 1, 2018 or since January 1, 2019 or opening date if later, until receipt of this order or until its closing date."

However, the judge has warned that both the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office and the UCO could "directly" ask the banking entities to provide new data "as the investigation progresses."

Likewise, it has called on the banks to inform it if international transfers were made from the accounts it indicates in said period. It has also demanded that they identify any other banking and/or financial product, as well as safe deposit boxes that they have contracted and "all information suspected of money laundering that has been submitted to SEPBLAC" (Executive Service of the Commission for the Prevention of Money Laundering). Capital) on said accounts and their owners.

Regarding international transfers, UCO investigators maintain that Rubiales "would be making investments" in the Dominican Republic with businessman Francisco Javier Martín Alcaide, known as Nene and friend of the former president of the Federation.

In a report from the Armed Institute to which Europa Press has also had access, the agents specify that in November and December 2023 "two international transfers were made for a total amount of 567,500 euros" from a company "whose majority partner is Rubiales" to a Dominican company titled by Nene. By then, the former sports leader had been away from the RFEF for about two months, having resigned once FIFA suspended him from his duties for the kiss he gave to the player Jennifer Hermoso in the World Cup final.

It should be remembered that Rubiales was in the Caribbean country when the Civil Guard carried out entries and searches at the RFEF and the homes of several of those investigated. The former number one of the Federation returned to Spain last Wednesday and was detained by the agents, who soon released him while waiting for the judge to summon him to testify in court.

The head of the court has not limited herself only to the accounts of Piqué and Rubiales and has also put a magnifying glass on the accounts of other former members of the RFEF with whom the former president of the Federation would have business.

Thus, it has requested banking information about Tomás González Cueto, former commissioner of external control of the RFEF; Pedro González Segura, former legal director of the Federation; José María Timón, Rubiales' former chief of staff; Albert Luque, sports director (departure from position); and Antonio Gómez-Reino, director of institutional relations.

In another of the reports that the Civil Guard has contributed to the procedure, the agents assure that Rubiales created an "incipient corporate structure" with directors of the RFEF. They explain that "there are some companies in which at least several members related to the RFEF come together", among them GRX Export Pro SL, Ciudad del Fútbol SL, Mutualidad de Previsión Social de Previsión Españoles a Fixed Premium, Novanet Automation Consultans SL, Fundación Real Spanish Football Federation and Spaincam SL.

Within the framework of the analysis of these companies, the UCO has notified the judge that it suspects that the alleged plot expanded in 2022 the corporate purpose of GRX Export Pro SL - initially created for the sale of oil - to carry out "real estate promotion". " in Saudi Arabia, something that, in his opinion, "has nothing to do with the beginning of the company's operations."

Within the framework of the same order, the judge has issued a court order to the Spanish Tax Processing Agency (AEAT) to inform it about the fiscal years from 2018 to 2022 of Rubiales and the rest of the former members of the RFEF mentioned above.

He has also requested information, relating to the years 2019 to 2022, from Piqué and his companies. According to the investigation carried out by UCO agents, the former Barça player appears as the owner of some 29 companies.