Overview
- The investigating court in Granada lifted the secrecy order and named 43 people as suspects in alleged fraud across four Local Police recruitment processes in Granada, Albolote and Algarinejo covering 79 posts.
- Twenty suspects include senior officers, tribunal members, union figures, municipal contracting officials and a psychologist, while the other 23 are alleged beneficiaries, many already serving as officers.
- Alleged offenses under investigation range from bribery and influence peddling to prevarication, revelation of secrets, document falsification and membership of a criminal group.
- Evidence cited by the court includes seized documentation, recorded conversations, a cooperating accused and a protected witness, following UDEF searches of police and municipal offices earlier this year.
- The judge has called for statements from the 43 suspects, the Fiscalía and the Granada and Albolote councils are personated in the case, injured candidates are invited to join, and the order notes further imputations cannot be ruled out.