José García Montalvo and Teresa García Milà participated in the boards of directors of companies such as Abanca and Repsol without the permission of the university center
Two professors at Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), economists José García Montalvo and Teresa García Milà, received high incomes from the private sector without having the compatibility permit of the center where they worked as full-time civil servants. This was revealed by eldiario.es, which had access to a complaint submitted to the Antifraud Office of Catalonia a few weeks ago.
According to the digital medium, Montalvo has been a member of the board of directors of Abanca since 2014, a position for which he received around 275,000 euros a year, according to the accounts of the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). For his part, García Milà joined Repsol’s board of directors in 2019, where he received 287,000 euros per year. In 2023, the amount would have increased to 347,000 euros.
Anti-fraud found ‘indications of fraud or corruption’ and forced teachers to go part-time
When the case came to Antifrau, the two professors applied for compatibility, which the UPF denied as incompatible with their full-time jobs. From then on, they both changed their full-time work schedule to part-time. According to the resolution of Antifrau cited by eldiario.es, the organization qualified the incompatibilities of both as “absolute” and pointed out “indications of fraud or corruption” in the combination of activities without the permission of the university center.
Antifraud later filed the case after verifying that the two affected had switched to part-time employment. According to the two teachers who told eldiario.es, they consulted the UPF informally and were then told that there should be no inconvenience. According to sources close to the ACN, this informal consultation took place and they were reported incorrectly.
University sources claim that the professors fulfilled their obligations to Pompeu
Sources from the university, consulted by this medium, assure that during this duplicity both fulfilled their obligations with Pompeu and the university did not register any complaints from either students or staff. Antifrau’s action is what is known as a prior assessment of veracity, through which it alerted Pompeo to detected irregularities.