The UCO backs the creation of Begoña Gómez's chair, but detects "irregularities" in its management
The Civil Guard also concludes that there are no suspicious bank movements: "The information corresponds to the development of professional activities"
MadridWhile Begoña Gómez trusts that the Madrid Court of Appeal will prevent her from appearing in court and continues to await Juan Carlos Peinado's decision, the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has provided a report, to which ARA has had access, that may be beneficial to her interests. But not entirely. To begin with, the armed institute concludes that the chair at the Complutense University that Pedro Sánchez's wife co-directed was created legally. "It is nourished by different collaborators with a degree and nature of participation that differs. [...] All this in accordance with what is provided by Complutense and with the common regulations applicable to it," the 158-page document states. Furthermore, it alleges that the Regulation for the creation of extraordinary chairs contemplates the "possibility" that, "exceptionally and for justified reasons", someone "without a labor connection" to the university may be appointed as director.
Alleged irregularities
Making Science Group
However, considering that Complutense has the "character" of a public administration, the report focuses on the contracting of the services necessary for the development of the chair's software, which is also under investigation. It is a digital tool called Transforma TSC. Specifically, it points to two companies. Making Science Group received 20,000 euros from the chair for the development of the backend, the part of a software that operates on the server and is not visible to the user.
The Civil Guard argues that, as it exceeded the limit of 15,000 euros provided for minor contracts, it would have required an open contracting procedure and emphasizes that, far from it, the contracting was done "without even having processed an administrative file". Likewise, it refers to the report of the Complutense auditor, who indicated that the provision of the service had been arranged "irregularly". "It details its management entirely outside the applicable regulations", concludes the UCO.
Intellectual property
Finally, it indicates that the professors in charge of the chair did not follow the "established protocol" by the Complutense in relation to the registration of "products susceptible of generating intellectual property rights".
No suspicious collections
In one of the annexes, the Civil Guard admits that the banking information it has analyzed from thirteen accounts "agrees" with the "development of the professional activities" of Begoña Gómez and that the entities with which she has worked "correspond to the main payers" that have been identified. "Regarding the charges in the accounts, no movements are identified that could be related to the facts," it adds.
However, the report states that Pedro Sánchez's wife assumed "certain expenses from her personal sphere" for the software. Specifically, it mentions the payment for the registration of two brands, which cost a total of 357.64 euros, the registration of the domain www.transformatsc.org for 118.58 euros, and two payments to Sandra Anfaiha, who was linked to the project in its final phase: on March 20, 2024, she paid her 106.88 euros for "taxis" and on April 10, she paid her 3,570 euros, but in this case the reason is unknown.
