Overview
- The UCO arrested Leire Díez, businessman Antxon Alonso and former SEPI president Vicente Fernández Guerrero this week, with the trio due before the Audiencia Nacional on Saturday.
- Under Judge Antonio Piña with the Anticorruption Prosecutor, agents carried out 19 searches over three days at Forestalia, five SEPI companies (Correos, Sepides, Mercasa, Enusa, Cofivacasa) and several ministries and contracting bodies.
- The companies targeted in the SEPI holding posted about €2.1 billion in 2024 revenue, underscoring the scale of the public entities under examination.
- The inquiry is assessing whether public contracts were steered to benefit Fernández Guerrero and firms linked to Alonso, who is associated with Servinabar 2000 from the earlier ‘caso Koldo’.
- Possible crimes under investigation include prevaricación, embezzlement, influence peddling and criminal organization, while Díez denies partisan hiring and investigators trace the origin of Fernández Guerrero’s wealth cited by a PP senator at roughly €10 million.