The head of the Court of Instruction No. 31 of Madrid, Antonio Serrano-Artal, has agreed entry in custody of a responsible company Albisa SL as part of the proceedings followed against the former vice president of Government Rodrigo Rato on charges of fraud and money laundering. He was arrested at the airport of Barajas Adolfo Suarez as he tried to catch a flight to Mexico.
That company would have acted as a "front company" for collection by Rato commission for about two million of suppliers of Bankia, according to information released at the time by the newspaper El Mundo. The money would have gone to that company under the guise of payment for services not actually rendered.
Serrano-Artal injunction adopted Sunday at the request of a prosecutor in Madrid, guard duties in coordination with the anti-corruption prosecutor, and also entails the withdrawal of the passport to the employer.