The Court investigating the case against Pedro San Ginés (CC) and Ignacio Calatayud has agreed to summon all administrators of the Inalsa bankruptcy proceedings as defendants, for their “possible participation” in the investigated events. One of them was already charged in the proceedings, Pedro Martín Toledo, and after his statement, it has been decided to summon the rest, to determine if they really endorsed Calatayud pocketing more than one million euros only from procedural costs.
“In order to duly safeguard their right of defense and that they can justify their intervention in the bankruptcy proceedings from their appointment until their dismissal was ordered, their summons as defendants is appropriate”, states the Court's order.
The appearance of Pablo de la Vega Viñambres, Matías Hernández Gil and Juan Luis Ceballos Toledo has been set for next December 16, before the Investigating Court Number 2 of Arrecife.
No documents to support Pedro Martín's version
Both in written reports and in his statement in the Courts, Pedro Martín has defended the payments received by Ignacio Calatayud, who at the same time maintained a “labor” and “friendship” relationship with the wife of this bankruptcy administrator, as revealed by the investigation.
Specifically, Martín alluded to an alleged agreement that allowed Calatayud to multiply his fees by ten. And it is that he not only received the 156,000 euros of the budget that he presented as a lawyer in the bankruptcy proceedings, but he also added the incidents of the proceedings, which he charged separately, keeping the money from the procedural costs in favor of Inalsa.
Both San Ginés and Calatayud have maintained that this was done with the endorsement of the bankruptcy administrators, and Pedro Martín himself also maintains this, but the investigators have not found any document to support it. Now, the Court will take a statement from the other three administrators, to clarify if they really allowed what could be an embezzlement, according to the summary of the case.
Cobo Plana, key witness
The previous lawyer of Inalsa in that bankruptcy proceeding, the magistrate Juan José Cobo Plana, already testified as a witness and confirmed the theses held by the Court and the investigators of the Organized Crime Team of the UCO. That is, that the costs belonged to Inalsa and that they should be used to pay the creditors, not being able to be kept by the lawyer.
In addition, there was no express designation of Calatayud to represent Inalsa in those bankruptcy incidents, which he invoiced separately. In this regard, Cobo Plana also stressed that the incidents are part of the bankruptcy, so they should be included in the initial budget, as was the case in his case.
The magistrate, who at that time was on leave, also denied what Pedro San Ginés has been claiming for years, that Cobo Plana voluntarily resigned and that is why he had to appoint a new lawyer. Far from that version, Juan José Cobo Plana declared that he was dismissed when San Ginés arrived at the Presidency. In his place, he appointed Ignacio Calatayud, who ended up charging 1.5 million euros, compared to the 196,000 euros that Cobo Plana had budgeted for the entire proceeding, who is also an expert in the matter.
