The Supreme Court gives Ábalos, Koldo and Aldama 15 days to pay 647,000 euros for the conviction of the 'mask case'

The Supreme Court justices who judged the Koldo case or mask case have agreed this Wednesday to open the execution of the sentence handed down on June 22. This includes the requirement for the three convicted persons to pay a total of 647,000 euros, corresponding to the fines, confiscations and compensation established in the conviction.

Former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos is required to pay fines of 52,500 euros, his former advisor Koldo García Izaguirre, 45,750 euros; and to the businessman Víctor de Aldama, 75,000 euros.

Likewise, the three must face the confiscation of the amounts derived from the crime of bribery that was considered proven by the High Court. The order recalls that the sentence estimated the illicit profit obtained from the rigged sale of masks at 430,298 euros. Since the three convicts benefited from that amount, the court claims it from the three of them jointly.

Regarding the third block, that of compensation, the magistrates require Ábalos and Koldo to compensate the public companies Ineco and Tragsatec, where they hired Jésica Rodríguez, then Ábalos' partner. They must pay what they charged there: 34,450 euros in Ineco and 9,500 in Tragsatec.

For all the payments indicated, a period of 15 days is granted, after which the process of enforcement will be carried out in the case of fines and compensation. Regarding the payment of confiscation, it is entrusted to the Office of Asset Recovery and Management (ORGA).

In the same resolution, the Supreme Court proceeds to liquidate the prison sentences. In the case of Ábalos, sentenced to 24 years and three months in prison, a maximum of effective compliance is set at 16 and a half years, in accordance with the rules established in the Penal Code. For Koldo, whose sentence was 19 years and eight months, the limit of compliance is established at 15 years.

For his part, Aldama, who had his sentence reduced to four and a half years in prison for his collaboration with Justice, benefits from the suspension of the execution of the sentence. This measure is conditional on carrying out one year of work for the benefit of the community. The Supreme Court requires you to ratify your consent to comply with this condition within 15 days.