UCO report reveals diversion of 78 million to Portugal in the hydrocarbon fraud linked to Villafuel

The alleged hydrocarbon fraud carried out by a group of firms around Villafuel SL, the company also linked to the 'Koldo Case', which has so far resulted in a 24-year prison sentence for former number two of the PSOE José Luis Ábalos, would have included the diversion of 78 million euros to Portugal, according to the new report from the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) sent to the court of the National Court investigating the events, under the direction of Judge Santiago Pedraz.

The accused, led by Claudio Rivas, owner of Villafuel SL, and with Víctor de Aldama as 'obtainer', would have committed, between 2022 and 2024, crimes of belonging to a criminal organization, against the Public Treasury, initially quantified at 182,513,923.15 euros, and laundering of the capital obtained, according to UCO, which has asked the judge to block the accounts of the accused.

Now, however, the amount diverted to Portugal, to a plethora of firms linked to Rivas and Aldama, would have gone from 68 million euros to a total of 78, distributed across a myriad of companies.

A total of 36 were transferred from Villafuel's own accounts to other Portuguese accounts, another three from Villafuel's parent company, called Still Growing, a total of 14 from Obaoil 3000, ten from Salamanca Fuel Center...