Wednesday 11 December 2013

Ana Mato - Receiving Gifts

Ana Mato is the Minister for Health and Equality in Spain. She is divorced  from her husband, and like Adolf Hitler, the Austrian politician, and Samantha Lewthwaite, the  British alleged terrorist, she is the child of a uniformed government official, in her case a naval officer.
The newspaper El Mundo published this report in February this year. Any errors in translation are entirely my own.
'The 'Gurtel' web of corruption gave to the family of the Minister of Health, Ana Mato and her husband, Jesus Sepulveda, ex-mayor of Pozuelo de Alarcon, tourist holidays  worth 50,000 euros, and luxury items from the firm, Louis Vuitton, worth 610 Euros, at the same time defraying the costs of 'private family events' such as birthday parties with clowns, which cost more than 11,800 Euros. They also picked up the tab for 75,000 Euros at the People's Party office in Pozuelo, as well as other expenses.
Such is the information given in a report to which Europa Press has access, written by the Economic and Tax Crimes Unit, which gives a summary of the 'Gurtel' case, which details how the organisation headed by Francisco Correa rendered 'various touristic services to Jesus Sepulveda and/or various members of his family between 2000 and 2004 through the company, 'Pasadena Journeys.'
The report details the existence of various gifts in cash (60,000 Euros) into the accounts of the Pozuelo People's Party, the payment of expenses related to various political activities  and the setting up of an office for the People's Party in that locality for the 2003 elections (15,000 Euros) and the organising of a number of family events for Sepulveda.
The report details the discovery of documents that show the purchase, on the part of 'Special Events', one of the companies in the 'Gurtel' network, of two items from Louis Vuitton, destined for the Minister of Health to the value of 610 Euros. The said document contains a hand written note, 'Present for Ana Mato'.
The two items are valued at 225 and 385 Euros. Also, there is a receipt for the handing over of 480 Euros in cash to Alvaro Perez, the man thought to be responsible for the network in Valencia. The receipt states the money is 'to buy a present for Ana Mato.'

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