The anti-corruption service convicted former brother-in-law Rodrigo Rat for hiding money abroad

The Prosecutor’s Office for the fight against corruption filed a complaint with the State Court against the one who was the brother-in-law of the former Deputy Prime Minister Rodrigo Rat because he allegedly hid his wealth abroad for years. As the newspaper reported Confidentiallythe lawsuit is directed against Santiago Alarcó, against whom the public ministry initiated proceedings to investigate whether he hides his assets abroad through a financial framework.

The complaint, in which the Prosecutor’s Office points to indications of crimes against the public treasury, money laundering and obstruction of execution, fell to the Central Instructive Court No. 6 of the National Court, according to consulted sources.

According to the information he published Confidentiallyinvestigations by the Prosecutor’s Office would lead to revelations a transfer of 250,000 euros to an Irish company linked to Rodrigo Rato. The consulted sources emphasize that Anticorruption found no evidence that Alarcó could act as a figurehead for Rodrigo Rata.

He is the former brother-in-law of the former Economic Vice President Jose Maria Aznar accused of money laundering in the investigation into the origins of the Wealth Wars, which the court in Madrid submitted to the provincial court last year for criminal prosecution, after seven years of investigation.

In this case, Rato is accused of criminal offenses against the State Treasury in the period from 2005 to 2015, money laundering and corruption between individuals during the assignment of Bankie advertising campaigns to Zenith and Publicis agencies while he was the head of that entity.