The Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Guardia Civil has arrested a third person as part of the operation carried out by the National Court against Leire Diez and according to media such as ABC or him Basque newspaperit would be Antxon Alonsoone of the participants in the “bites” of public works in the Koldo case, since he is a partner in the Servinabar company and a person very close to Santos Cerdán.
This is the third arrest in this operation, following the arrests announced by the company itself this Wednesday. Leire Diez and the former president of the State Society of Industrial Participations (SEPI), Vicente Fernandez.
Investigative sources have confirmed this Europe Press In addition, this Thursday agents are carrying out searches in Madrid, Seville and Zaragoza in connection with companies affiliated with Servinabarthe company linked to Cerdán according to UCO investigations.
Antxon was already under investigation in the Supreme Court for his connection to the alleged corruption plot Santos Cerdán would be involvedwith which he signed a purchase agreement for 45% of Servinabar’s shares, although the former socialist leader assures that it never took effect.
According to the latest report from the UCO, Cerdán, on Servinabar, remained at 2% of every contract awarded to the construction company Acciona, a company where several former directors are under investigation for their alleged connection to the Koldo case conspiracy and which was allegedly awarded contracts through the “undue influence” of the former socialist leader.
The operation currently underway is carried out by order of the National Court in the context of a case led by the head of the Central Court No. 6, Antonio Piña. under summary secrecy and which also involves the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, where suspicious public contracts are investigated but not much more information comes to light. Since yesterday, Díez and Ferrer have been sitting in the cells of the Tres Cantos Civil Guard and Antxon in the cells of Vizcaya, waiting to be brought to trial.
This operation is different from the investigation that the Court No. 9 in Madrid is also carrying out against Leure Díez suspected bribery and influence peddling crimesand for alleged maneuvers to influence court decisions and investigations by the Civil Guard and the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Based on the original complaint and the ongoing proceedings, the case focuses on records and complaints from professional associations such as: Association of Noncommissioned Officers of the Civil Guard (ASESGC)and the public prosecutor’s office. In these audio recordings, Díez can be heard in conversations with businessmen and lawyers in which he offered supposed legal benefits in exchange for sensitive information aimed at damaging commanders of the Guardia Civil’s Central Operational Unit (UCO) and prosecutors of the National Court.
Prosecutors who intervened in the complaint alleged that Díez and his interlocutors were trying to collect money compromising data about researchers and prosecutors to use them to benefit third parties with the aim of “torpedoing” or “cancelling” investigations involving high-ranking political officials and businessmen, judicial sources said.
Specifically, the allegations before the Madrid court revolve around Díez’s alleged involvement a coordinated plan to discredit and obtaining information from the UCO and the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, which the State Department said could constitute influence peddling and bribery. Bribery involves offering procedural advantages or favors in return for this sensitive information, while influence peddling refers to the use of contacts or perceived influence to interfere with court decisions or the actions of investigative authorities.
The investigation also considered other possible related crimes, some of which are reported in complaints Obstruction of justice and disclosure of secretsfor the Díez’s efforts Obtain access to confidential files or non-public information that may concern judges, prosecutors or police officers.
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