Junta de Andalucía claims ERE fraud was 10 million Euro

The Junta de Andalucía has said that some 10 million € of money, destined for early retirement schemes and help for companies with problems, was diverted into the pockets of ‘intruders’ with the ERE grants issued by the regional government.

President of the Junta, José Antonio Griñán, noted that the irregularities detected amount to less than 2% of the funds, with 64 of the 68 ERE cases inspected.
The regional employment offices have handled 647 million € in total between 2001 and 2010 through the fund.

The Junta’s Councillor for the Presidency, Mar Moreno, has said that the fraud is ‘under 2%’ and ‘nothing to do with what the PP is claiming’. She accused the opposition of carrying out ‘judicial propaganda’ in the case.

The Partido Popular has meanwhile placed a denuncia against 26 people accusing them of fraud in the case, and they have called for the Socialist Senator, José Antonio Viera, the ex employment councillor, to resign over his involvement in the affair.