The former president of Ausbanc, Luis Pineda, demands that BBVA pay 196.3 million euros in civil liability in the case in which the alleged espionage that the bank ordered from former commissioner José Villarejo is being investigated, as well as 30 years in prison for the former leader of the entity, Francisco Martínez.
This is reflected in indictment document presented by Pineda before the Central Court number 6 of the National Court, in view of the future trial of the so-called Operation Trap, ninth separate piece of the Villarejo case who takes care of the alleged spying on politicians, businessmen and journalists that the bank allegedly commissioned from the former police commissioner since 2004when the construction company Sacyr launched a movement in vain to try to take control of the entity.
Last June, the judge of the National Court Manuel García Castellón proposed to try retired commissioner José Manuel Villarejo, former BBVA president Francisco González, the entity and several former officials of the entity for the alleged illegal missions of the police officer for the bank when he was active.
Pineda now presents his indictment, advanced by ABC, in which he recalls that In July 2021, he was sentenced by the National Court to 8 years in prison for extorting banking entities such as BBVA in exchange for avoiding legal proceedings or smear campaigns, but he appealed and the Supreme Court acquitted him. last March – just like he did with Clean Hands frontman Miguel Bernad.
And he argues that this process was due to a personal persecution against him by BBVA, which demanded 129 years in prison for Pineda “knowing full well that this is a totally fallacious request, based on absolutely illegal practices.”
Specifically claims that BBVA “had a powerful motive to terminate Ausbanc and Don Luis Pineda”, which is money, since “BBVA could not consent to Ausbanc winning the decisions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union, which, in application of the legislation in force, ordered them to return hundreds of millions of euros to their customers.
For all this He is now asking the defendants to jointly and severally compensate him for a total of 196.3 million euros.detailing the various concepts, including that each defendant pays one million euros for Pineda's almost three years of pre-trial detention (a total of ten million).
Also ask 20 million for attacks on honor, privacy and self-imagebelieving that his accusation and conviction, even if it was later revoked by the Supreme Court, meant “the absolute destruction of his public persona, his civil death and the irrevocable loss of confidence on the part of society as a whole and of consumers” in particular.
The figure is completed by high numbers for concepts such as emerging damages and lost profits.
Regarding prison sentences, requests 30 and a half years in prison against Francisco González for corruption, disclosure of secrets, criminal group, falsification of commercial documents and unfair administration.
For former commissioner Villarejo, he asks for 24 and a half years and for the rest of the accused between 18 and 28 years.