Overview
- Monday the UCO delivered a patrimonial report to the Audiencia Nacional showing Rubén Villalba held almost €500,000 across multiple bank accounts, owned a home in Benamejí and bought a Rolex in November 2022.
- Investigators say Villalba is suspected of supplying secure phones to the pandemic-era mask network and they estimate he was paid at least €88,000 for those services, a figure described as a developing hypothesis.
- The UCO traced payments from the 'trama Koldo' to intermediaries and businessmen, including a €110,030 movement into Depósito Judicial de Murcia routed through Deluxe Fortune and a €100,000 transfer on 30 July 2020 linked to Rogelio Pujalte.
- Financial analysis identified €145,049 in deposits of unknown origin between 2017 and 2023 and a sharp rise in mortgage repayments from 2022 that coincided with increased annual cash flows in Villalba’s financial circle.
- The Audiencia Nacional probe remains active on suspected corruption, influence peddling, bribery and criminal-organization offenses, and the new UCO findings could affect case strategy as a near-term Supreme Court ruling involving related former officials approaches.