The judge Carmen Rodríguez Medel, substitute of the Investigative Court Number 19 of Madrid, has opened oral proceedings against Alberto González Amador for an alleged tax fraud of €350,000 in the 2020 and 2021 tax years, as well as for suspected membership in a criminal group.
This is stated in a court order issued on Monday, which was accessed by Europa Press. The order confirms the opening of oral proceedings concerning the partner of Isabel Díaz Ayuso and four other individuals implicated in the legal process. Furthermore, the Court of Criminal Law of Madrid has been declared the competent authority to know and rule on this case.
Charges and Sentencing Requests
In the prosecution’s written accusation, both the public prosecutor and the state lawyer are requesting a sentence of three years and nine months in prison for González Amador due to two tax offences in conjunction with document falsification. Meanwhile, the accusation brought by the PSOE and Más Madrid has increased the request for a sentence to five years in prison by including an accounting offence and another for membership in a criminal group.
Regarding González Amador, he will stand trial for an offence against the tax authority concerning corporate tax for the 2020 financial year, in conjunction with an offence of falsification in commercial documents; and a similar charge for the 2021 financial year. He will also be judged for a continued accounting offence and another for membership in a criminal group.
Rejection of Delay in Proceedings
The opening of the trial comes shortly after the judge dismissed an attempt by Ayuso’s partner’s defence to delay this decision until the resolution of appeals filed against the indictment, having found no “grounds for doing so”.
The proceedings were initiated following a complaint by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation focuses on criminal indications regarding the corporate tax for the financial years 2020 and 2021.
The judge has also indicted him for the alleged commission of a document falsification crime, having submitted invoices that do not correspond to services actually provided, with the intention of reducing the tax payable.
Prior Testimony and Investigations
On 24 February, the partner of the regional president refused to testify before the magistrate. González Amador exercised his right not to declare at the advice of his lawyers until the resolution of the pending appeal regarding the opening of the separate proceeding.
A week later, the Provincial Court of Madrid endorsed the investigation of other criminal offences unrelated to the charges already being examined in the main case.
In the context of this procedure, González Amador documented his income from Quirón Prevención during his testimony before the judge and denied concealing it through a supposed shell company to evade taxation.
The Public Prosecutor’s complaint was based on a report from the Tax Agency, which stated that “fictitious expenses based on invoices issued by various companies were detected”.
“Expenses that do not correspond to actual services rendered, all with the aim of paying a lesser amount to the public treasury than what was legally due for the corporate tax for the 2020 and 2021 financial years,” the prosecutor’s complaint stated.
In 2022, the Public Prosecutor’s Office received a report from the Tax Agency regarding Maxwell Cremona Engineering and Processes Limited, which indicated “certain data and indications regarding facts relative to the Corporate Tax for the financial years 2020 and 2021 that could constitute a criminal offence”.
The report mentioned two offences against the Public Treasury, resulting in “a tax fraud quantified by the Tax Inspectorate at over €120,000 and an alleged offence of falsification in commercial documents due to the submission of invoices that do not correspond to actual services rendered, with the aim of reducing the tax liability”.
Agencies EP
