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From the ‘Koldo Case’ of Masks to the ‘Cardan Case’ of Fencing Works: the Keys to the Plot that Shakes the PSOE

Summary by El Pais
On February 16, 2024, just four days before Koldo García's arrest, the Civil Guard kept an eye on him in secret. The agents, who were then investigating an alleged plot of masquerading contracts in the pandemic in exchange for bribes at the Ministry of Transport, had his mobile phone tapped. And intercepted the following conversation:

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Since his arrest in February 2024, Koldo García has sent half a dozen messages to the PSOE's address asking for an interlocutor "so as not to harm more than 250...

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On February 16, 2024, just four days before Koldo García's arrest, the Civil Guard kept an eye on him in secret. The agents, who were then investigating an alleged plot of masquerading contracts in the pandemic in exchange for bribes at the Ministry of Transport, had his mobile phone tapped. And intercepted the following conversation:

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The words of the former president of the Junta de Andalucía and former secretary general of PSOE of that community during an interview with Jaime Cantizano in 'Por Fin', Susana Díaz, on the relationship between the most serious cases of corruption in the territory and the macho behaviors acquire special relevance in the current context, marked by recent cases that dot the figures like José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García.The "patron" of corruption:…

The spokesperson of ERC in Congress, Gabriel Rufián, still has the doubt whether the alleged plot of collection of illegal commissions in exchange for the award of public works by which the former Secretaries of Organisation of the PSOE Santos Cerdán and José Luis Ábalos are investigated and the former advisor of the latter in Transports, Koldo García, is “the Gürtel of the PSOE” and has emphasized that his formation will be acting “according to…

·Madrid, Spain
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It is now time to stop talking about the Koldo case to name it as it deserves: PSOE case. At this point, no one doubts that it is not a "corrupt triangle"...

Have we not learned anything? After decades of corruption scandals linked to government contracts, from the Gürtel to Cerdán, have we not been able to close the holes in our public money management model through which corrupt people sneak?The UCO's latest report, stripping the audios recorded by the ex-advisor of the Ministry of Development Koldo García, seems to indicate that, in fact, the system remains very vulnerable.Public works are those c…

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El Pais broke the news in Spain on Sunday, June 22, 2025.
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