Overview

• Judge Ismael Moreno authorized requests to a dozen banks and the Tax Agency for labor, tax, and financial data on Isabel Pardo de Vera and Javier Herrero.
• The order follows a Guardia Civil UCO petition endorsed by Anticorruption Prosecutors, with UCO designated to receive the files and produce a report for the court.
• Both former officials are formally under investigation over alleged irregular public-works awards at the Transport Ministry between 2018 and 2021.
• The ruling says there are objective indications of crimes under probe, including criminal organization, embezzlement, bribery, influence peddling, and prevarication.
• Investigators report that José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García allegedly took payments from construction firms, while Pardo de Vera and Herrero allegedly acted as facilitators, and the UCO has identified four accounts linked to her and about thirty tied to him.