Prosecutor denounces Spanish Rodrigo Rato, former director of the IMF – CNNExpansión.com

MADRID (Reuters) – The Office of Madrid on Thursday presented a complaint against the former director general of the International Monetary Fund, Rodrigo Rato, said the Superior Court of the capital from Spain.

Tax Agency Agents moved in the afternoon to record the Madrid home who was also Vice President and Minister of Economy of the Spanish government, denounced by others whose identity has not yet transpired.

The record was related to an alleged crime of money laundering, a judicial source said, opening another front for it was one of the most respected politicians of the Popular Party (PP), the conservative formation rules Spain and whose membership is temporarily suspended.

Rato, who was one of the most prominent members in the two governments of José María Aznar and rang to direct the PP more than a decade when he was considered promoter of Spanish economic boom, has two legal fronts open.

After three hours of registration, Rato, who was also president of the bank Bankia- left home shortly after 20:00 local time, escorted by officers of the Inland Revenue as images television and a Reuters witness.

Rato and agents are then moved to his office, also located in the center of the capital, where he was proceeding to another record, court sources.

A legal representative of Rato was unavailable for comment, and several calls and an email to a person who was its representative in the past were not returned.

The manager former director of the IMF is one of the high charges brought by the High Court for an alleged fraud on the IPO of Bankia in 2011. He defends his performance.

Furthermore, justice is also investigating the use they made a total of 86 directors and officers of Caja Madrid and Bankia after a few credit cards unreported and approved outside the statutes of the bank a scandal that caused multiple resignations in different areas of the business and political world Spanish.

After having to post bond liability for the latter case, Rato temporarily ordered the suspension of membership of PP.