The judge Mercedes Alaya been charged in the case of the ERE to businessman Jose Maria Ruiz- Mateos and his son Zoilo as most responsible for achieving aid the Board for the New Judge Rumasa group considered fraudulent. Father and son, as Alaya, who were "ultimately made ​​the decisions " of all that was done in their companies and participated, "along with other members of the Ruiz- Mateos family," the inclusion of different ERE intrusion group, including where they took place in the hotel Cervantes (Europa Center) in the company and in Dhul Bellavista winery.
In an order signed on January 7, Judge Alaya accused the patriarch of the Ruiz- Mateos and his son Zoilo to assert their " influence" on the board to get funding for their businesses ERE. To this end also had the help of John Spears, considered one of the masterminds of the fraud, and, according Alaya, they acted to the Ruiz- Mateos as a " fixer " of subsidies in exchange for a fee of 600,000 euros by ERE. According to a report by the UCO (Central Operation Unit of the Civil Guard), Spears demanded by charges on bills of 500 euros and received fortnightly or monthly deliveries of 20,000 to 25.0000 euros.
The judge has the imputation of Cadiz employer as a result inexcusable after the statements made in January in his court by the former director of the hotel division of New Rumasa, Carlos Miranda Bacciriani and group managers Javier Espinosa and Javier Bertola. The first told the judge that he knew because he presented Spears José MarÃ_a Ruiz- Mateos. He said it was " a collaborator " and admitted that he once handed him an envelope whose contents specify not know. Bacciriani Miranda said the relationship between Ruiz- Mateos and Spears was nearby and said the fixer was vacationing for free at the hotel Cervantes by the employer.
The householder and his son Zoilo are called to testify before Alaya on 5 March. Both are well join the cause that is already charged two other sons of Jose Maria Ruiz -Mateos, Paul and Javier, who reported on 31 January in the courts and his father also downloaded all responsibility for the decisions take the group companies. The two admitted that Spears working with New Rumasa, but said he knew nothing of the payments allegedly received for their efforts. The judge charged them with the crime of misappropriation of public funds by which anti-corruption prosecutor has asked to be imposed on each of them a deposit liability of just over 8.5 million euros.
In another self released Monday, the instructor if the ERE research delves into the general who has decided to submit to the UGT and CCOO unions. And it does so by extending the focus beyond the region of Andalusia. In response to a crowded UCO on ERE role in several associations linked to the core, the judge has decided to ask the Office of Public Statutes tank (under the Ministry of Employment) to send the information you have on all associations, federations and confederations formed by UGT and CCOO, " either statewide or Andalusian regional level."
Alaya has also requested the full accounts from 2001 to 2012 of consulting the unions: by Commissions Atlantis Atlantis Consulting and Brokerage Insurance and Actuarial Consultant, and UGT, ITG and Temiqui. The judge also ordered file a petition to the Tax Office to report on the returns filed by these companies those years and over to the treasury of the Social Security to forward the working lives of the four associations.
This is another step that gives the judge on the fence about unions, which for almost a year put in the spotlight to accuse perceive kickbacks in the ERE, a collection that has been estimated at more than seven million euros. The two central claim that the money perceived by its mediation redundancy is legal and that is based on the work they have done counseling workers on collective redundancies.
In another car known Monday, Alaya imposed a bail of 593,306 euros civil Juan Antonio Caravaca, secretary of the Federation of Industries of CC OO Seville, by the inclusion of two intruders early retirees between 11 Calderinox company, amount of to answer your union, Efe reported.
Caravaca, according to the judge Alaya, contributed to the inclusion in the ERE Calderinox two people who had never worked in that company: Antonio Fernández GarzÃ_n, union activist, and Juan Rodriguez Cordoba, who was Chief of the Department of Employment in Sevilla between 1999 and 2000.
Aid for Calderinox consisted of economic perception, since payroll is owed ​​, and plan early retirement for older workers, commitments given Caravaca together with the already charged Antonio Rivas, former CEO Jobs in Seville, Francisco Javier Guerrero, former Director General of Labour.
The order adds that the March 6, 2008 the Cooperation Agreement between the General Directorate of Labour and the Idea agency by which the granting of aid to former employees was established and a grant was paid to the Federation of Mining and Metallurgy CC OO formalized Andalucia of 432,728 euros. That amount, according to the judge, was duplicated in the application " without any justification."
Furthermore, Alaya has decided to return the DNI was withdrawn as a precautionary measure to exconsejero Employment Antonio Fernandez, who could leave prison in August 2012 after paying bail of 450,000 euros, reports Europa Press. The self reported today, Alaya believes the request made by the lawyer exconsejero, to which the anti-corruption prosecutor, who considered "sufficient" the withdrawal of the passport has not objected. The judge also allows Fernández appear only once a month in court, instead of every week, as was the case until now.
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