Overview

• Judge Leopoldo Puente unsealed the case on June 12 and set a hearing date after receiving a police report based on a Cadena Ser recording
• Investigators allege Cerdán discussed kickbacks with former minister José Luis Ábalos and aide Koldo García to secure public works contracts
• Up to four construction firms are said to have paid as much as €400,000 in illicit commissions under the scheme
• Cerdán has denied any memory of such conversations and plans to hold a press conference once he reviews the full report
• The latest probe compounds a series of corruption inquiries that have ensnared Prime Minister Sánchez’s inner circle