Overview
- National Court magistrate Ismael Moreno ordered Víctor de Aldama to deliver in person a PDVSA‑stamped envelope for inclusion in the separate, secret piece of the 'caso Koldo' investigation.
- Moreno opened this line after a Supreme Court request to examine possible money laundering tied to unrecorded cash payments, and he has asked PSOE headquarters for all cash records from 2017 to 2024.
- During a January 29 declaration, Aldama said then–Venezuelan vice president Delcy Rodríguez gave him the envelope, which he describes as marked “confidencial” and dated February 4, 2020.
- The Guardia Civil recorded Aldama’s November 2024 trip to Calatayud to retrieve the document he had previously entrusted to associate Alberto Escolano to keep it from being seized.
- Judge Santiago Pedraz forwarded to Moreno testimony from the hydrocarbons case, including statements by Carmen Pano about a €90,000 delivery to Ferraz corroborated by driver Álvaro Gallego, as well as UCO findings that had located only a photo of a PDVSA envelope during earlier searches.