Alberto González Amador, the boyfriend of Madrid’s President Isabel Díaz Ayuso, attempted to deceive the Tax Agency for at least two years in the corporate tax declarations filed on July 14, 2021, and July 22, 2022. The discovered facts during the tax inspection, included in the case file, demonstrate how González Amador included a dozen invoices of supposed expenses in his 2021 and 2022 declarations knowing that these large sums of money either did not occur or did not match what was reported. The Tax Agency ruled out any discrepancies with the businessman and detailed in their report the attempts to deceive the tax authorities to pay less taxes. When the inspection work uncovered the various deceptions, González Amador admitted to them. He involved nine companies and four individuals in these irregular maneuvers to avoid paying at least €350,000 in taxes over the two years under investigation. The businessman, charged with two tax offenses, is expected to testify before the judge on May 20. González Amador may try to reach a plea agreement with the Prosecutor to reduce the potential prison sentence outlined in the Penal Code (one to five years for each tax offense) as long as he compensates for the damages caused by paying a sum much higher than the defrauded amount.
The tax inspection began its work on May 12, 2022, after finding suspicious data in the 2020 corporate tax declaration. With six times more income than in 2019, González Amador’s company declared only a third of the tax amount recorded the previous year. Just six months after the investigation started, the Tax Agency decided to expand the inspection to the 2021 corporate tax declaration, where irregularities were also detected. Inspectors uncovered the deceit through a series of checks that lasted 18 months, forcing González Amador to admit the falsity in his expense declarations. Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Isabel Díaz Ayuso’s Chief of Staff, stated in an interview that this is all part of a strategy to harass the Government head, pointing out that González Amador has been declaring his income to the Tax Agency for years and has no issues with his individual tax inspections.
An incident involving a Mexican company cancelling an invoice in December 2020 and another concerning a payment to a nonexistent company for vaccines in Costa de Marfil were brought to light. González Amador had presented a €620,000 invoice in his 2021 tax declaration in favor of MKE, a Mexican company supposedly providing services for his company, Maxwell. However, it was revealed that the invoice had been cancelled in December 2020, and González Amador was aware of this before submitting his declaration. Additionally, in a separate case, he declared expenses paid to a company in Costa de Marfil for vaccines that were never sold, leading to further suspicions of fraudulent activity. These instances, along with several other cases of alleged irregularities in expense declarations to companies in Sevilla, point to a pattern of deceitful behavior in González Amador’s tax filings.
Further investigations revealed a complex web of false invoices fabricated by González Amador to reduce his tax liabilities. The inspectors found evidence that key transactions were based on falsified information, such as the case of purported collaborations with companies like MKE and Gayani, where payments were made for services that were never rendered or for projects that never materialized. The intricate financial maneuvers orchestrated by González Amador, including the alleged transfer of contracts and the misuse of funds through questionable expense declarations, were meticulously dismantled after a year and a half of scrutiny. The tax inspectors concluded that there were grounds to suspect two possible tax offenses related to corporate taxes for the years 2020 and 2021, leaving González Amador potentially facing serious legal consequences for his actions.
In response to the mounting evidence of financial misconduct, González Amador may seek to negotiate a settlement with the Prosecutor to mitigate the repercussions of the tax fraud allegations. The revelations of deception in his tax declarations have cast a shadow over his credibility as a businessman and raised concerns about his ethical conduct. The involvement of multiple companies and individuals in these fictitious transactions has underscored the need for stricter oversight and accountability in financial dealings. As the case progresses, the judiciary will examine the evidence presented by the tax inspectors and determine the appropriate legal measures to address González Amador’s alleged tax offenses. The outcome of this high-profile investigation will have significant implications for both the individuals directly implicated and the broader financial sector in Spain.
