Overview
- The Audiencia de Madrid found the former agent guilty of appropriating client funds by applying commissions far above the 20% contract rate, reaching 30–40% and at times 85%.
- Judges imposed a €2,100 fine and issued a prison term shorter than the three and a half years requested by prosecutors.
- The ruling covers conduct from 2009 to 2015 and cites Esteban’s full trust in Sanchís as the reason she did not verify the commission calculations.
- Final compensation will be calculated by subtracting €49,000 already received and the money realized from a property previously adjudicated to Esteban in Villanueva del Pardillo, which carried a substantial mortgage.
- An earlier civil judgment ordered €388,868 returned, with only partial cash payment and a property transfer, leading Esteban to pursue criminal proceedings.