A judge has requested detailed financial information about Santos Cerdán, the former secretary of organisation for the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party, from the Congress and the Navarre Parliament. This comes amid an investigation into his possible involvement in a series of irregular public contract awards. The request is part of a broader inquiry, which also reportedly includes discrepancies between the information provided by tax authorities and Cerdán’s bank account movements.

Between the years two thousand fourteen and twenty twenty-four, the tax authority indicated that Cerdán received a total of five hundred and forty-three thousand six hundred and fifty-six euros from Congress, while direct payments to him from the body were significantly lower. Notably, Cerdán’s income increased over the years, with significant payments reported in the years leading up to his resignation in June twenty twenty-five following the emergence of the alleged scandal.

Additionally, records show that Cerdán received almost forty-one thousand euros in petrol expenses from the Congress from two thousand nineteen to twenty twenty-five. These payments, categorised as ‘normal’, were linked to parliamentary activities. However, he ceased receiving payments as a councillor from Milagro in two thousand fifteen.

Finally, the judge has instructed the PSOE to provide information on payments made to Koldo García, subsequently detected by the Civil Guard. The inquiry continues, with Cerdán currently in preventive custody since June thirtieth of this year, as the investigation into the alleged corruption scheme is ongoing.