Overview
- The Guardia Civil’s UCO now counts eight suspects — five detained and three under investigation — among them provincial president Javier Aureliano García and vice president Fernando Giménez.
- Former vice president Óscar Liria, previously arrested in 2021, has been named as an eighth suspect and is described by investigators as having a leading role in the scheme.
- Investigators say the April 2020 emergency purchase for masks, gloves and suits was awarded for €2.036 million even though the effective supplier cost was below €1 million, with about 47.2% marked as overcosts.
- WhatsApp messages cited by UCO reference “sizes” 20 and 10, interpreted as 20% and 10% commission rates — roughly €400,000 and €200,000 — to be shared by participants.
- The probe outlines overcosts routed through third-party firms to Ligroup under intermediary Kilian López, with payments to a Spanish corporate account, and the PP has suspended implicated officials while the case advances.