Overview
- Supreme Court judge Leopoldo Puente opened oral proceedings against José Luis Ábalos, his former adviser Koldo García and businessman Víctor de Aldama over alleged pandemic mask contracting crimes, maintaining preventive detention for Ábalos and García and requiring a financial bond.
- The UCO detained businessman Antxon Alonso in Bizkaia a day after arresting ex-PSOE member Leire Díez and former SEPI president Vicente Fernández in a separate probe into suspected fraudulent public contracting.
- Investigators carried out 19 searches linked to Servinabar in Madrid, Seville and Zaragoza, including at Forestalia, with those arrested set to appear before the Audiencia Nacional on Saturday, according to sources cited by El Periódico.
- Case files describe Servinabar as a vehicle to channel illicit commissions tied to Santos Cerdán, citing a private contract granting him 45% of the firm and reported money flows to his circle that investigators say originated in Alonso’s companies.
- In parallel moves, Koldo García asked a Madrid judge to be admitted as a private accuser in a case against Leire Díez for alleged bribery and influence peddling, and Peru’s interim prosecutor general Tomás Gálvez announced plans to disband special anti-corruption teams.