Caso Plus Ultra: el entramado de corrupción sin escalas entre Caracas y Madrid
La Fiscalía Anticorrupción de España adelanta una investigación para determinar si la compañía aérea Plus Ultra desvió 53 millones de euros que el Gobierno de ese país le inyectó tras la pandemia, y que presuntamente habrían sido utilizados para blanquear fondos de Venezuela a través de Francia, Suiza y España.
TL;DR
- Spanish prosecutors are investigating Plus Ultra for allegedly laundering 53 million euros of government bailout funds.
- The funds are suspected of being used to launder Venezuelan money through international channels.
- The scheme allegedly involved disguising illicit funds as loans from shell companies linked to the Venezuelan government.
- Plus Ultra received a 53 million euro bailout from the Spanish government despite being in financial distress.
- Key figures under investigation include former minister José Luis Ábalos and businessman Víctor de Aldama.
- France and Switzerland have opened parallel investigations into large-scale money laundering and insider trading related to the case.
- Former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has denied any involvement or pressure related to the airline's bailout.