The audio of Cerdán, Ábalos and Koldo: "I got 450,000 in the first round."
The eight audios included in the Civil Guard report have led to a major change of course in the investigation into the alleged corruption plot linked to the PSOE. Recordings of talks between Koldo, Cerdán and Ábalos show how the three involved in the management of the commissions acted.
The investigation carried out by the Central Operational Unit of the Civil Guard (UCO) into thealleged corruption plot linked tothe PSOE has revealed the tense and compromising conversations between Koldo Garcia and Santos Cerdán. In one of the eight audios analyzed, secretly recorded by Koldo himself, the former ministerial adviser warns Cerdán: "If you distrust me, I will withdraw as an intermediary...
These recordings, compiled in a nearly 500 page report, have been key to the authorization of records by the judge of the Supreme Court of Spain of several companies linked to former Minister José Luis Ábalos and irregular awards .
In an interview in January 2021, Koldo threatened to move away from fraud if they did not trust him. "450,000 euros from the first round" and also mentions in that audio having received additional commissions for public contracts. "I have not asked for a coin, nor have I stayed with anything. But if they want, I will stop brokering," he stressed.
According to the UCO report, the origin of the fraud is in 2013 in Navarre: Cerdán and García began to falsify invoices and maintained contacts with companies such as Acciona and Servinavian. The structure was subsequently transferred to Madrid, where some of the funds could have ended up allegedly financing the PSOE, although there is no evidence of this.
Koldo has also acknowledged in the audios that he has helped "47 entrepreneurs" and received gifts such as "gulas, champagne, wine and ham." According to the Civil Guard, Cerdán's involvement was key at the beginning of the network, and although the protagonism changed, it became important again in the final stages.
Investigations are still openon du, and there is still material for analysis in the seized devices.
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