Overview
- The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office opened preliminary proceedings on April 2 and archived the case on May 19 after failing to secure more than a brief phone contact with the go‑between, calling the episode a private conversation.
- Anticorrupción demanded explanations from the Madrid office and the national prosecutor’s office, objections that preceded the reopening and the transfer of the matter to Investigative Court No. 9 in Madrid.
- In a ruling dated October 7, Judge Arturo Zamarriego accepted a prosecution appeal to consolidate complaints and described the events led by Leire Díez as a continued, coordinated scheme targeting UCO and Anticorrupción.
- The prosecution emphasized that the alleged offers gained traction because Díez purported to speak for high state authorities, while the complaints recount a Feb. 27 approach to prosecutor José Grinda and a May 7 meeting with ex‑prosecutor Ignacio Stampa offering professional favors for compromising information; claims about top‑level directives are presented as allegations in filings.
- The court has cited Díez, businessman Javier Pérez Dolset and an implicated journalist as investigados as of November 11, and the judge has called Grinda and Stampa to testify on November 5, according to the reporting.