Overview

• Peinado’s August 18 order formally names Begoña Gómez and her aide Cristina Álvarez as imputados for malversación linked to Álvarez’s 2018 Moncloa appointment.
• Cristina Álvarez is scheduled to testify on September 10 and Begoña Gómez on September 11 at the Juzgado de Instrucción 41 in Madrid.
• The imputation rests on a June Audiencia Provincial ruling that described La Moncloa’s Secretariat as an institutional structure enabling diversion of public functions.
• Investigators cited a sponsorship solicitation email to Reale Seguros, testimony about frequent communications and accompaniment at Complutense University events, and preliminary links to Grupo Barrabés.
• The probe remains in its investigative phase with further document reviews, call-log analysis and additional hearings expected.