Overview
- Spain’s Guardia Civil submitted a report to the Supreme Court alleging Santos Cerdán acted as the liaison between Acciona and the Transport Ministry, collecting roughly 2% on public works routed via Servinabar.
- Investigators cite a 2016 private contract and later share movements suggesting Cerdán held a 45% stake in Servinabar, which they say benefited from Acciona-linked awards including tens of millions in Navarre.
- Judge Leopoldo Puente ordered Cerdán’s release from pretrial detention, noting reinforced evidence reduces risks such as destruction of proof.
- The UCO details metadata, photos and a lease pointing to a flat at Fuencarral 94 in Madrid used for 2019 meetings between Cerdán, Servinabar’s owner and an Acciona executive later under investigation.
- Anticorruption prosecutors have filed charges seeking 24 years for José Luis Ábalos and 19 years and six months for Koldo García, while preparing to track alleged kickback flows through entities tied to Cerdán’s family and associates; parallel probes include fresh arrests in Almería’s ‘Mascarillas’ branch.