Overview
- Spain’s Anti-Corruption office has opened investigative proceedings into suspected irregular contracting and accounting at the CNIO, with possible offenses including embezzlement, influence peddling and misconduct.
- The CNIO board voted unanimously to restructure its management, eliminating posts and removing former manager Juan Arroyo, secretary general Laura Muñoz and deputy manager José Ignacio Fernández Vera.
- Current manager José Manuel Bernabé submitted a detailed report on November 18 to the Madrid Prosecutor’s Office, and Anti-Corruption received related materials in October.
- A former director of Purchases and Operations alleges years of split, inflated or fictitious contracts potentially diverting roughly €20–25 million to firms linked to insiders, naming companies such as Geodosol, Alaos ITL SL and Zeus SL.
- The CNIO’s accounts face ongoing external scrutiny, with annual audits by the State Comptroller and a Tribunal de Cuentas review of 2022–2024 underway.