Anti-corruption accusers masked commissioners of using friendship with Almeida’s relative

The anti-corruption prosecutor’s office has sued businessmen Luis Medina and Alberto Luceno for purchasing sanitary materials from the Madrid City Council for imposing a commission of millionaires from various state contracts. An investigation by elDiario.es indicates that they were acting “with the intent to obtain excessive and unjust economic benefits” and that they were not the only ones to enjoy the glory of Medina, the son of Nati Abaskal. They went to the City Council “with the status of a famous person in public life and friendship with a relative of the Mayor of Madrid”, according to the complaint, which accuses them of fraud, money laundering and forged documents.

In other words, according to the prosecution, the two alleged agents of the commission took advantage of the fact that Luis Medina Abascal was a friend of a relative of Jose Luis Martინnez Almeida. In fact, Medina Abaskal “had neither significant experience in the import business nor factories in China, just as she was not the exclusive agent of any Malaysian company, nor did she act with any altruistic intent, as we shall see.” Below, “the report said.” The prosecutor’s office.

The prosecution’s complaint tells of how both businessmen managed to sign three contracts with the Malaysian company to receive medical equipment in the first weeks of the state of alarm: gloves, FFP2 masks and antigen tests. Contracts that, as the Court of Auditors explained, were much more expensive than those paid by other municipalities in the country. Anti-corruption now states that “these prices were set by Alberto Lucienio and imposed by the Madrid City Council, covering up his false position as the exclusive agent of the manufacturer and seller of the company.”

Thus, according to Anti-Corruption, “it was a secret that a high percentage of the price offered (around 60% for masks, 81% for gloves and almost 71% for tests) was commensurate with the commission. That the accused were going to be admitted. ”

The prosecutor’s office provides information on how the contracts were inflated: for example, in the case of the masks, the real sale price was $ 2.6 million, and “artificially inflated to take $ 4,000,000 in net profit from the operation. That is 148% of the real price of the product. ” This happened with the tests as well: a commission of up to 244% on the real price of the products was agreed upon. However, the prosecutor’s office emphasizes that “most of the tests of Kovid-19, which were received by the Madrid City Council, were defective.”

The department’s complaint, led by Alejandro Luzon, illustrates how two commission agents filled their pockets with exaggerated high prices and, moreover, low-quality products or models that were not what the City Council originally wanted. During pandemic week, hundreds of deaths per day in hospitals. This is what happened, for example, to the gloves: the council demanded a refund because it was not the model they were asking for. Luceno convinced the council that he had received a reduction in the return price, but all he did was resign from the commission so that the council could return the money and leave no doubt.

Luxury shopping

In exchange for all this, Alberto Lucienio collected $ 5.1 million from Malaysia to a Madrid bank account. He also tried to justify the accusation with forged documents. With this money he also bought three expensive Rolex watches for more than 40,000 euros, 12 luxury cars worth more than two million euros and a house in Pozuelo de Alarcón. Luis Medina Abascal also submitted forged documents to justify her $ 1 million commission.

Medina Abascal, the son of the late Duke Nati Abascal and Feria, has also turned his commission into luxury items, the focus of money laundering allegations. He bought a yacht named “Feria” registered under the name of the Gibraltar Company, the beneficial owners of which are Medina Abaskal and his brother. The title of Duke of Feria was inherited by Raphael, brother of Louis Medina, after his death in 2001. Neither Luis Medina nor Alberto Luceno wanted to respond to elDiario.es’ numerous calls and requests for information.

The anti-corruption prosecution is currently accusing them of three crimes: fraud, forged commercial documents and money laundering. As this newspaper wrote in detail, the investigation was close to the start of the prosecution and at this point the investigation was focused on the businessmen and their role and was waiting to find out who was connected with Jose Luis Martესnez-Almeida’s council and whether he played any role. In the award of three millionaires. The complaint was brought before the ordinary courts of the Plaza de Castilla in Madrid.