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UCO Flags €1.8 Million in Suspected Fees Tied to Seville’s Puente del Centenario Contracts

The Supreme Court has received a Guardia Civil report that details a 2% scheme supported by a 2018 memorandum, invoices, and recordings in the 'caso Koldo' probe.

Overview

  • The latest UCO submission to the Supreme Court quantifies possible payments to Servinabar at about €1.8 million, combining €102,247 from emergency works with €1.7 million from the main expansion.
  • Investigators point to a memorandum signed on November 27, 2018 between Acciona and Servinabar that set a 2% remuneration model before the project was tendered, with a January 2019 pact to advance 30% of the fee.
  • Recorded communications show Santos Cerdán pressed for the Seville project, including the directive "Cerrar Sevilla," as Koldo García relayed pressure to then‑minister José Luis Ábalos.
  • Servinabar, described as linked to Cerdán, assigned a single worker—identified by UCO as his brother‑in‑law Antonio Muñoz Cano—to the site while invoices reflect sizable payments.
  • Emergency works were declared in April 2019 and initially contracted for about €6.4 million, the main tender reopened in September 2020, the award to Acciona was formalized in May 2021, and the contract was later modified to roughly €85 million.