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Audiencia Nacional Acquits Ana Duato While Sentencing Imanol Arias and Tax Adviser Fernando Peña

Insufficient proof of fraud intent drove acquittals for Duato plus 19 co-defendants, with convictions confined to those who accepted plea agreements.

Imanol Arias declara en el juicio contra él por fraude fiscal
La actriz Ana Duato.
Ana Duato e Imanol Arias

Overview

  • The court cleared Ana Duato of all tax fraud charges after finding no evidence she knowingly evaded her fiscal obligations.
  • Imanol Arias received a two-year, two-month sentence for five tax offenses under a plea deal, with the term suspended and no prison time to be served.
  • Fernando Peña was handed an 80-year prison sentence for orchestrating Nummaria’s domestic and offshore schemes, though his actual term is capped at 12 years.
  • Nineteen other defendants—including producer Miguel Ángel Bernardeau and Nummaria employees—were acquitted for lack of proof of intentional wrongdoing.
  • The ruling determined that Nummaria operated as a legitimate advisory firm rather than a criminal organization, making deliberate intent the decisive factor in convictions.