Overview
- The Sección Primera issued a 611-page ruling on piece 6 of the case, finding that municipal contracts worth about €224 million were steered to Cofely between 2012 and 2014.
- Entrepreneur David Marjaliza received the longest term at eight years and two months for organized crime, aggravated money laundering, continued fraud, prevarication, bribery, and falsification.
- Cofely executives were sentenced to multi-year prison terms, including six years and six months for former CEO Didier Roger Maurice and commercial director Constantino Álvarez, and six years and eleven months for Pedro García Pérez for the same crimes plus influence peddling.
- The judgment applies sentence reductions for late confessions, undue delays, and damage reparation, with roughly half of the 37 defendants acknowledging their roles.
- Six former Madrid-region mayors were convicted, mostly from the PP, along with the former Socialist mayor of Parla and a former UDM mayor of Serranillos del Valle, while Cofely as a company was fined for bribery and influence peddling.