The National Police found 286,070 euros in cash at the home of Julio Martínez Martínez, a businessman from Alicante and friend of former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, who is under investigation in the judicial case known as the Plus Ultra case. The money, according to a report from the Central Unit of Economic and Fiscal Crime (UDEF) included in the file, was found in various parts of the property, hidden in bags, toiletry bags, and furniture compartments.
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The police report, accessed by La Vanguardia, details a fragmented distribution of the cash. In a tartan travel bag, 4,550 euros in bills of various denominations were found. In the bathroom, 74,900 euros were found spread across two bags. Additionally, there were 10,000 euros in a golf bag, 30,000 euros in a paper bag, 5,270 euros in a toiletry bag, and another 50,000 euros hidden inside a radiator.
The report also includes the discovery of five white envelopes with inscriptions that investigators describe as characters apparently in Chinese, which would translate to “ten thousand.” In all cases, according to the UDEF, the envelopes contained exact amounts of 10,000 euros, which, added to the rest of the seized cash, raises the total to 286,070 euros.
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The investigation is part of the instruction led by the National Court judge José Luis Calama, who is analyzing possible irregularities in the granting of public bailout to the airline Plus Ultra during the pandemic. In this context, Martínez Martínez is listed as a suspect in a case that explores the existence of an alleged influence trafficking network around public aid.
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