Spain's Supreme Court is hearing testimony in the so-called 'Koldo case', a corruption trial involving former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos, his ex-adviser Koldo García, and businessman Víctor de Aldama. García's former partner, Patricia Uriz, told the court on Monday that she routinely made purchases on Ábalos's behalf — including tobacco, clothing, and train tickets — and that the Socialist Party headquarters (known as Ferraz) reimbursed expenses strictly in cash and only against receipts. Uriz also testified that she signed a rental contract for a holiday villa in La Alcaidesa, Cádiz, in her own name because she believed the minister 'could not' appear on it — a property prosecutors allege was a benefit provided to Ábalos in exchange for a favour involving a hydrocarbon sector licence granted to an associate of Aldama.