The judge investigating the orders from BBVA to Villarejo will hear three directors of the entity on December 15

MADRID, 5 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The judge of the National Court (AN) that is investigating the alleged illegal orders that BBVA would have made to the now retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo will take a statement on December 15 as witnesses from three executives of the bank, a summons set the same day that the appearance of the former president of the bank Francisco González.

In an order, to which Europa Press has had access, the head of the Central Court of Instruction Number 6, Manuel García Castellón, has called Elías Palacios, Belén Rico and Francisco Fernández Prieto to court, who will testify from 10:00 a.m. hours of the same day 15 of this month.

The statement by Palacios and Rico was requested by the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, which considered it essential to listen to the hierarchical superiors of José López, the former BBVA employee who prepared the entity's reports in response to the information requirements of the Executive Service of the Commission on Prevention of Money Laundering and Monetary Offenses (SEPBLAC).

The Public Ministry announced to the judge in López's statement - which was held on October 20 - his intention to request this diligence, to which the judge has finally agreed. Before the magistrate, the former worker assured that he did not appreciate irregularities in the hiring of the now retired commissioner by the bank.

In this same ruling, the instructor has also required BBVA to identify the analysts who made the reports that the entity sent to SEPBLAC on August 16, 2017 and February 19, 2018.

It should be remembered that in this piece of the macro-cause on Villarejo, the head of the Central Investigating Court Number 6 puts the magnifying glass on the BBVA contracts with CENYT signed at least between 2004 and 2017 and for which the entity would have paid the ex-policeman more than 10 million euros.