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The judge investigating BBVA's assignments to Villarejo hears six witnesses this week

MADRID, 13 Nov.

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The judge investigating BBVA's assignments to Villarejo hears six witnesses this week

MADRID, 13 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The judge of the National Court (AN) that investigates the alleged illegal orders that BBVA would have made to the now retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo will take a statement between this Thursday and Friday from six witnesses.

The head of the Central Court of Instruction Number 6, Manuel García Castellón, will hear from Thursday at 10:15 a.m. Marta Hazen, the director of branch 7384 in 2007. That same day the judge has summoned, also as witnesses, Francisco Hernández and José Manuel Lorenzo, who will appear at 10:30 and 10:45, respectively.

A day later, on Friday, the instructor will hear witnesses Carlos Barragán and Juan Antonio Prieto, both BBVA workers, starting at 10:15 am. Finally, the magistrate will take a statement that day from 10:30 a.m. from Gloria Arias Calvo.

A week later, the judge will listen to five workers from the bank. All these citations will be the prelude to what will be, predictably, the last statement in this separate piece of 'Tándem': that of the former president of BBVA Francisco González. After several changes in the date, the declaration will be held on December 15.

González is being investigated for alleged crimes of bribery and disclosure of secrets. The Criminal Chamber lifted its accusation for unfair administration, upholding the appeal of the former president of BBVA against the judge's decision to follow the criteria of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, which saw this possible illicit in the alleged use of the bank to obtain information about a farm that he was interested in buying privately.

All this within the framework of this piece in which the judge examines BBVA's contracts with the Villarejo business group, CENYT, for different projects --presumably illegal-- at least between 2004 and 2017, some works for which the entity would have paid the commissioner more than 10 million euros.