The 'Filesa case' returns against the PSOE 30 years later

• 'Filesa Case' The illegal plot used by the PSOE to finance itself

• Justice The Supreme Court orders to investigate the last fringe of the 'Filesa case' 30 years later

Busy in shaking off the wear and tear of the firm conviction for

, the PSOE has now come to visit the ghost of another great corruption scandal that it had experienced, that of the

.

The Court of Instruction number 26 of Madrid has just received an indictment in which the PP requests imprisonment against seven businessmen involved in one of the branches of the investigation into the illegal financing of the PSOE.

The core of

was tried in the Supreme Court 25 years ago.

The harshest sentence was for the socialist deputy Carlos Navarro, whom the Supreme ordered to enter prison without waiting for the possible suspension of the sentence by the Constitutional or the request for pardon presented.

Out of the Supreme Court trial, two branches of the investigation were left without appraisers that went to ordinary courts.

One, that of the commissions for the award of

, also ended in convictions.

The other, related to

, is the one that is now on its way to trial.

Viajes Ceres was owned by Filesa and was set up to obtain the funds destined for Imserso trips

This is the branch focused on society mounted within the plot of illegal financing to seize the funds that the Government delivered for the trips of the elderly, partially borne by Imserso.

The shareholders of Ceres were the Filesa,

and

companies , whose names were associated for years with socialist corruption as

would later do with that of the PP.

«The actions have confirmed that Viajes Ceres was one more of the companies controlled by a financial group closely linked to people or companies linked to the financing of the PSOE that, covertly, was used to divert large amounts of money, from the that appeared as a legitimate commercial activity, "says the brief presented in court by the Popular Party lawyer

.

The Supreme dictated 10 convictions in 1997 for the plot to finance socialist campaigns

Public money came to Ceres, but Ceres did not always go to those who provided the services, such as the public bus company

.

The letter calculates that public money was diverted at almost 898 million pesetas (5.4 million euros).

That the case was opened three decades ago and has not yet been tried has multiple implications.

The first, that some investigated have already died.

The indictment, for example, links the deceased deputy Navarro with the decision to empty the Ceres accounts to avoid creditors.

In February, the High Court revoked the file of the branch of Viajes Ceres agreed by prescription

Those finally accused are

-nephew of the former president of Castilla-La Mancha-,

and

.

They are accused of crimes of bribery, fraud, embezzlement of public funds, misappropriation, tax fraud, false documents, concealment of assets, fraudulent insolvency and illicit association.

As for the penalties, they range between a minimum of 22 and a half years and a maximum of 71 and a half, in addition to millionaire fines for tax crimes.

The PP accuses seven businessmen of a dozen different crimes and asks for between 28 and 71 years in prison for them

The delay in the case also implies that in the event of a conviction, the sentences are drastically reduced.

And that the possibility is open that the facts are considered prescribed.

in its day

, which ended up closing the case.

The PP lawyer appealed and last February the Supreme Court agreed with him considering the premature decision.

A new file by prescription is still possible, but it will no longer prevent the PSOE from seeing how its two main corruption cases converge in the courts.

Sentence to the head of Finance

Filesa

was the most notorious corruption case of the many that shook the PSOE in the 1990s. The Supreme Court convicted the party's finance officer,

, as well as a senator and a deputy.

But it did not go further.

The lawsuit against Vice President

was dismissed.

He did have to appear as a witness (in the image above), like the Prime Minister himself, Felipe González.

There was also no formal conviction for illegal financing, given the very lax regulation of this crime at that time.

In spite of everything, the TS said in its sentence that those convicted "seeked, as a clear and ultimate goal, to help the political party in everything that its financing could entail."

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