The judge requests from UDEF a “comprehensive study” on Venezuelan capital in Plus Ultra
The Public Prosecutor's Office requested the report upon seeing “particularly significant” the entry of “persons of Venezuelan origin” into the company's share capital and its management bodies in 2017.
National Court judge José Luis Calama is following the trail of Venezuelan capital contributed to the airline Plus Ultra. To do this, he has asked the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) of the National Police to carry out a “comprehensive study” on “the evolution of the ownership of the company's share capital”, which remains under scrutiny as part of an investigation into an alleged influence peddling network — allegedly led by former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ― to obtain the 53 million euro public bailout following the pandemic.
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