Health Minister Fátima Matute on Friday defended the regional executive's transparency in its institutional contractual relations. Her statements were made during a visit to the new health center in the Fuencarral district, in response to an extraordinary plenary session request from the PSOE-M.
Matute recalled that public contracts with the healthcare group were originally awarded between 2006 and 2010. Since then, the administration of the Community of Madrid has not altered budget allocations nor entered into new agreements with this private entity, thereby separating public management from external supplier dealings.
This appearance follows the disclosure of a report by the Civil Guard's Central Operational Unit concerning the finances of Alberto González Amador, the regional president's partner. The judicial investigation is examining alleged cross-commercial favors.
The report from the Civil Guard, validated by experts from the Tax Agency, indicates that the company Masterman & Whitaker (formerly Círculobelleza) lacked the necessary personnel and material resources to provide the alleged consulting services it billed to the subsidiary Quirón Prevención during 2021.
The investigating judge number 19 of Madrid, Antonio Viejo, has authorized the lifting of bank and fiscal secrecy for those involved. The inquiries focus on the purchase of 100% of Círculobelleza's shares by the firm Maxwell Cremona in December 2020 for approximately 500,000 euros. The Civil Guard considers this valuation striking, given that the firm barely invoiced between 30,000 and 59,000 euros annually and had no employees.
The fluctuation in this company's value has raised alarms among investigators. While 40% of the shares were acquired for 8,000 euros in September 2020, the entire company was sold for half a million euros just three months later. Subsequently, in 2021, González Amador repurchased the firm for only 3,300 euros. Concurrently, the report highlights that Maxwell Cremona saw its income surge to 2.3 million thanks to alleged commissions for mediating healthcare supplies during the pandemic's toughest months.
