The Third Section of the Valencia Court has revoked the closure of the case against former regional minister Rafael Blasco for a possible money laundering offence linked to 600,000 euros in the Azud case.
The court upheld the prosecution appeal and deemed it necessary to trace the funds or their transformation to establish whether Blasco committed money laundering and to determine the exact timing of the events.
The case involves an alleged illicit commission of 600,000 euros that Blasco is said to have received in January 2008 from a real estate developer under investigation in the Azud case. The Civil Guard uncovered the information after requesting data from Switzerland on bank accounts.
The Investigating Court 10 had closed the proceedings on the grounds that the events, which took place between 2008 and 2012, were time-barred. The Court however notes that the last money laundering action would have occurred on 16 July 2012 and that the offence has not prescribed under article 131.1 of the Criminal Code.
The ruling concludes that the proceedings should be reopened to carry out the relevant inquiries and that no further appeal is possible.
