Overview
- The police report filed on September 11 states that entrepreneur Álvaro Romillo handed Pérez €100,000 on May 27, 2024 to finance part of Se Acabó la Fiesta’s European election campaign.
- Analysis of Signal messages between Pérez and Romillo found no indication that the payment corresponded to any service provided by the MEP.
- Pérez acknowledged receiving the cash in a July declaration but maintains none of it funded the campaign, arguing most expenses were incurred earlier and officially reported spending was about €30,000.
- Romillo told investigators he gave the money for campaign purposes, reiterating what he previously stated before the Audiencia Nacional in the separate Madeira Invest Club probe.
- The Supreme Court is investigating possible illegal financing, though further steps depend on a potential waiver of Pérez’s European Parliament immunity after the probe’s extension in August.