The former head of Security at BBVA informs the National Court that the bank paid him 618,145 euros for his dismissal

The entity is interested in not extending the instruction for "exhausted" while other defenses request 6 more months

MADRID, 26 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The former head of Security at BBVA Julio Corrochano has informed the judge investigating the alleged illegal contracts of the retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo with that bank that compensation was set in the agreement for which he left his post at the bank in April 2018 for dismissal of 480,000 gross euros, to which was added a payment of 138,145 euros for a non-competition and non-hiring agreement. In total, the amount amounts to 618,145 euros.

In a letter of his defense of January 24, to which Europa Press has had access, the former director, investigated in the case, thus reacts to a court order that demanded from BBVA the documentation related to the departure process of the directors listed in the case as investigated and whose departure was as of March 1, 2018.

Corrochano indicates that these two amounts are the only ones received as a result of his departure because the amounts corresponding to the collection of the variable were frozen by the entity pending the completion of the procedure and "subject to his being acquitted of the crimes on which he is being investigated."

The document, which is linked to the agreement mentioned, also highlights that these amounts paid by the entity "are reflected in the IRPF returns" for the year 2018.

In the same case, the Central Investigating Court number 6 has received a response from BBVA opposing the extension of the investigation, understanding that it is "exhausted" and therefore not necessary or pertinent.

He recalls that four years have passed since it was initiated and the investigation "has been intense and in-depth, to the extent that dozens of declarations have been made, BBVA has responded to a multitude of trades and an enormous amount of information has been incorporated into proceedings and documentation".

"There are also no proceedings pending to be resolved that are necessary to decide on the continuation of the procedure. In fact, what the private prosecutions intend with their latest requests for proceedings involves reinstructing what has already been investigated or, in other words, reopen decisions that had already been adopted by the instructor and even by the Criminal Chamber," they add.

In another letter, to which Europa Press has also had access, the defense of the former head of Internal Control of the entity, also investigated, is interested in extending the investigation for another six months because they have not been able to analyze new documentation that arrived in December 2022, and they expect more documents to which they have recently been granted access to be added to the digital platform.

Added to this is the fact that there are various statements pending from witnesses and experts that could lead to the proposition of some test procedure.