The former CFO and former “number two” Caja Madrid, Barcoj Ildefonso Sanchez, who was the officer of this entity and Bankia most used credit cards irregular entity (spent 484,200 euros) said yesterday that his conduct was not unlawful because the cards were under control of his superior, the president of Caja Madrid Miguel Blesa, then the successor, Rodrigo Rato.
“I never could think of that could be described that way authorized by the superiority provisions, which had been using under their control, “Sanchez said in a burofax Barcoj sent to the Caja Madrid Foundation and that Efe reported.
Jewelry luxury travel, restaurant meals and hotel stays in New York, lottery tickets, purchases made in a well-known department stores and supermarkets, and cash withdrawals at ATMs are some of the costs incurred with the “opaque” cards and Caja Madrid that 83 exdirectivos and former directors of the company spent more than 15 million in a decade. Three other senior officials, who also had card, never made use of it.
The breakdown released yesterday, 33.2% of expenditure charged on these cards correspond to cash out of ATMs, 14.8% of journeys and trips, 11.1% to shopping in supermarkets, 10.1% to pay for meals in restaurants, 8.3% to the payment of hotel stays, 5.8% the purchase of clothing and accessories and 3.3% for the purchase of food products. 13.4% went to other expenses not specified.
The scandal-and these salaries that were not declared to the tax, according to the data they have so far-still claiming dismissals and resignations. Yesterday there were two, with that ten produced low. Nine public institutions and party organs, and in the private sector
A private company, the Spanish subsidiary of the American multinational communications Burson-Marsteller, yesterday became the first company dismisses a person benefited by the payments of Caja Madrid. Juan Astorqui, a member of its board of directors and former executive of Caja Madrid and Bankia, was relieved to avoid the company said, “any possible prejudice to the company and its customers.” Astorqui saw 293,000 euros.
Yesterday also knew that Friday had resigned vocal Municipal Economic-Administrative Court of Madrid (TEAMM) Fernando Serrano Antón, who spent 78,500 euros.
Three members of the business movement that formed part of the bodies of Caja Madrid yesterday returned the money received. Arturo Fernandez, president of Madrid’s patron (CISM) and Vice President of CEOE and the Chamber of Commerce of Madrid; CISM VP and president of Renfe Miguel Corsini and CISM manager Javier López Madrid reintegrated 118,500 euros. None of the three announced they are going to leave their current positions.
Only ten of the 83 former directors of Caja Madrid and exdirectivos who used the “Card B” of the entity for private spending have returned or have announced their intent to return all or part of that money. Yesterday, the former CFO and former “number two” Caja Madrid, Ildefonso Sánchez Barcoj, was willing to repay the 484,200 euros it spent.
The separations can still occur. The national leadership of the PP, which until now had not required any waiver organic positions (if the PP of the Community of Madrid), yesterday called for the resignation as manager of his party in Madrid militant Beltran Gutierrez. The PSOE applied to the tax agency to investigate all directors who used the cards.
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