Twenty-three mobile phones, nine firearms, crypto assets, cash, and more than a dozen hard drives — one of them bearing a reference to the “Ministry of Development” — formed part of the items seized by the Guardia Civil at the home of Koldo García, a former adviser to former minister José Luis Ábalos. The raid took place on February 20, during an operation linked to the national court’s investigation into alleged commissions tied to mask contracts during the pandemic.
In the residential search, the Guardia Civil recovered more than twenty mobile devices, with a majority of them being iPhones (thirteen), along with other brands such as Alcatel, Funker, and Selecline. Over ten hard drives were also seized. One drive carried the stamped label for the “Ministry of Development,” the same inscription that appeared on a USB memory stick discovered during the operation, named Delorme. García served in that department until 2021, a unit which, in 2020, became the Ministry of Transport.
Besides these items, the officers found a portable computer, a recording device, and a collection of documents and handwritten notes that included references to cash under the heading “income.” The search also uncovered crypto assets with an approximate value of 586 euros stored in a bank account, as well as nine firearms that García allegedly possessed. The Guardia Civil noted in another report that García held a firearms license. The weapons included three shotguns, a Browning rifle, a pistol, and several other rifles, some of which used Winchester calibers.
In this case, overseen by judge Ismael Moreno of the Audiencia Nacional, investigators are examining whether García may have acted as an intermediary for the company Soluciones de Gestión in securing public contracts worth more than 50 million euros for the purchase of masks during the height of the pandemic, and whether commissions were paid as a result. The case file also records the search of the home of García’s brother, Joseba García, in Benidorm, where in addition to various electronic devices, 5,860 euros in cash and a tie bearing the old Guardia Civil insignia with an eagle crest were seized. The agents note that the symbol belonged to the Guardia Civil’s Information Service.