In 2025, mega-corruption broke out in the Single National Union of Construction and Annex Building (SUNCA). It has always been led by the communist party.
The corruption scandal is related to the embezzlement of millions of dollars of funds from the Social Housing Fund for Construction Workers (Fosvoc).
The diversion of approximately $1.2 million was investigated. The maneuver consisted of making fraudulent deposits to third-party accounts and requesting money benefits for non-existent people. All backed by communist trade unionists
.Criminal convictions
Three former union leaders were convicted of crimes such as misappropriation, fraud, criminal conspiracy and assistance in money laundering. Three of them belong to the Communist Party
.Estela Rey, former financial manager and payroll officer at Fosvoc, was sentenced to 2 years and 4 months in prison for being directly responsible for 193 irregular transactions. Rey was the right-hand man of today's Frenteamplista senator Oscar Andrade, when he headed Sunca
for many years.Political links
During the judicial process, some of those convicted claimed to have acted under superior orders and mentioned that part of the money was used to finance the Communist Party of
Uruguay (PCU).Specifically, the money stolen from the workers was used to finance the PCU campaign of 2024 and the departmental campaign of 2025.
