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The Public Prosecutor's Office is demanding 24 years' imprisonment for Ábalos for charging commissions on mask contracts

On Wednesday, the Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, Alejandro Luzón, presented to the Supreme Court a brief of provisional findings requesting 19 and a half years' imprisonment for former ministerial adviser Koldo García and another 7 years and a fine of 3.7 million euros for network commissioner Victor de Aldama.

MADRID, 15/10/2025.- El exministro Jose Luis Ábalos, a su llegada este miércoles al Tribunal Supremo, donde está citado para declarar ante el magistrado Leopoldo Puente, que revisará su situación de libertad tras escuchar sus explicaciones ante un informe que detectó "desembolsos" de 95.437 euros de ingresos sin declarar, así como descuadres en algunos pagos en efectivo que le hizo el PSOE. EFE/Zipi Aragón
José Luis Ábalos. EFE stock photo.

The Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office is requesting 24 years' imprisonment for former Transport Minister José Luis Ábalos for allegedly obtaining illegal commissions in the alleged irregular award of masks contracts in the midst of a pandemic, for a total of six offences.

On Wednesday, the Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor, Alejandro Luzón, presented to the Supreme Court a brief of provisional findings requesting 19 and a half years' imprisonment for former ministerial adviser Koldo García and another 7 years and a fine of 3.7 million euros for network commissioner Victor de Aldama.

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