Carmen Pano Testifies PSOE-Linked Offer of 250,000 Euros to Silence Ferraz Payment

Carmen Pano, the businesswoman who says she delivered €90,000 in cash to the PSOE headquarters in Ferraz, has testified that she was offered €250,000 to change her story. The offer was allegedly made by Leticia de la Hoz, the lawyer for Koldo García, on behalf of people she understood to be from the PSOE, in an attempt to protect former minister José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García Source: lavanguardia; abces. Pano stated this before Judge Santiago Pedraz of the Audiencia Nacional, who is investigating alleged efforts to derail judicial cases affecting the government and PSOE Source: elespanol.

The Offer

According to Pano, de la Hoz proposed the payment in installments: €25,000 for her daughter's wedding, monthly rent of €2,500–€2,800 for 5–7 years, and €15,000 for her driver, Álvaro Gallego, to buy a car Source: elmundoes; infobae. Gallego confirmed the offer and said they initially considered it but ultimately rejected it on the advice of Pano's lawyer Source: elconfidencial. Pano had previously stated the same before the Guardia Civil's UCO unit Source: infobae-agencia.

Disagreement

De la Hoz denies the allegations. She claims it was Pano who sought her out for legal advice on selling hydrocarbon companies, and that she ended negotiations after discovering irregularities Source: elconfidencial. De la Hoz is scheduled to testify on July 14 Source: infobae2.

Broader Context