Urdangarín Case: Judge Castro rejects for the second time

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Ballabriga, head of Corporate Reputation at BBVA The investigating judge of the Nóos case, José Castro, has rejected in his latest order the accusation of the head of Corporate Responsibility and Reputation of BBVA, Antonio Ballabriga. It is the second time that the magistrate opposes reopening the case against the director of the bank chaired by Francisco González. Francisco González is closely following the involvement of Antonio Ballabriga, head of Corporate Reputation at BBVA, in the 'Urdangarín case': the Code of Conduct does not sanction previous activities BBVA will begin to abandon the emblematic Azca tower in La Castellana in June: 700 workers will move to the new headquarters in Las Tablas, north of Madrid According to judicial sources, the order of Judge José Castro , to which El Confidencial Digital has had access in its entirety , rejects reopening the case against the former director of Nóos Antonio Ballabriga and current head of Corporate Responsibility and Reputation at BBVA . The resolution of the investigative court number three of Palma de Mallorca, dated May 16, indicates that "this procedural swing" - in reference to the request of the Manos Médicas union that the former manager be prosecuted again - "would only be appropriate "if new data emerges to support it , which is not the case at the moment.


He also argues that “any discrepancy” that may have occurred between what Ballabriga has stated during his last statements, first as an accused and then as a witness, is not “determining” to the extent that “as an accused he cannot be accused of exercise the rights that were available to him as such.” The judge already lifted his accusation in October The investigating judge in the Nóos case already lifted the accusation against Antonio Ballabriga last October. José Castro estimated in an order that from what had happened up to that moment, it did not appear that Ballabriga Middle East Mobile Number List  had any decision-making intervention, nor conscious complicity in the supposedly criminal public agreements that are being investigated, "which is not incompatible with him retaining a certain prominence in the "execution of the work entrusted to him consistent with perhaps quite high remuneration ." The magistrate recalled that, according to his own statement as a defendant, Ballabriga began his relationship with the Nóos Institute in May 2005 as an external consultant, while in October of that year he became a staff consultant and in January he was hired by Nóos Consultoría Strategic until June or July of that year when their employment relationship was terminated.




The link between Ballabriga and the Nóos Institute Antonio Ballabriga, a close friend of Urdangarín and fellow student on the ESADE master's degree in business administration, left the Nóos Institute in 2007. He then joined BBVA as head of the Corporate Responsibility and Reputation Department , a position he continues to hold today. Among the computer material seized in the Nóos search appear several emails sent by Ballabriga to Urdangarín. One of them was sent by the BBVA director on March 21, 2006 to the then general director of Sports of the Balearic Executive, José Luis 'Pepote' Ballester , with a copy to the Duke of Palma. Antonio Ballabriga writes in that email, sent from the address ([e-mail]): “Dear José Luis: As Iñaki told you , we would like to hold a brief meeting so that you can learn about a very interesting project that the company ACTIS will present to you. directed by José Luis Ferrando . This is a new sporting event called World Beach Games. Iñaki told me that you will be available in your office on Friday the 24th at 10. I confirm that I will be there accompanying José Luis Ferrando in the presentation. Please confirm your availability.”