The Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has incorporated into a new report, as revealed by El Confidencial, indications that point to the involvement of intermediaries linked to the so-called Leire case scheme in dealings related to the rescue of the company Tubos Reunidos, which would have received 112.8 million euros through the public fund of SEPI.
The report, to which the aforementioned media outlet has had access, describes contacts and meetings in which intermediaries of the scheme would have participated with officials of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV), including its then president, Andoni Ortuzar, with the objective of facilitating the company's rescue.
According to the information published by El Confidencial, the UCO maintains that the investigated network would have used its "access capacity" to PNV leaders to try to influence the Government's decisions regarding the rescue of the steel company.
The case is framed within the Fund for the Support of the Solvency of Strategic Companies (FASEE), an instrument created by the Executive during the pandemic to support companies considered strategic.
Alleged commissions and intermediation in the case
The report also includes, according to the aforementioned media outlet, that the main individuals involved in the scheme —including Leire Díez, the former president of SEPI Vicente Fernández, and the businessman Antxón Alonso— would have received commissions amounting to 247,459 euros for their dealings.
Likewise, intercepted messages from mobile devices are included in which the investigated individuals commented on contacts with PNV leaders and referred to meetings to accelerate the rescue.
Among these meetings, a meeting would have taken place in 2025 in which intermediaries of the scheme, company representatives, and political officials linked to the process participated, according to the published information.