The anti-corruption prosecution has reduced from 21 years to two years and seven months the request for conviction of the former advisor to the Valencian government and former government delegate in the Valencian Community Serafin Castellanoafter the latter admitted the facts with which he is accused for his participation in what is called fire cartel. That is, after reaching a compliance agreement.
With this reduction in sentence, Castellano also avoids prison. Of the 16 accused, 11 have admitted the facts. The judge proposed to prosecute 17 accused in 2022, but one of them died. Hence the figure of 16 accused, of whom 11, as has been said, have admitted the facts.
From his position of government delegate In the Valencian Community, Serafín Castellano was dismissed after being arrested in May 2015, because he was allegedly involved in the case currently being tried and in which Serafín Castellano reached a compliance agreement before the admission of the facts with which he was accused.
Specifically, the prosecutor’s office charged Serafín Castellano with the crimes of falsification of a public document, corruption, prevarication, embezzlement and illicit association. What was called fire cartel affair is the reason why the alleged suspects were investigatedhands on firefighting contractsIn 2022, the criminal court confirmed the prosecution against the accused.
However, as detailed by the prosecutor’s office and EPin the case of Serafín Castellano: “The defense of this accused, almost imminent, practically at the trial, almost not, once the trial was over, was the one that expressed to the public prosecutor the wish for definitive recognition“This agreement led Serafín Castellano to request a reduction of the sentence from 21 years to two years and seven months in prison.
