Overview

• The Audiencia Nacional delivered the verdict on May 30, 2025, imposing seven years and four months in prison on each of the six defendants.
• Convictions target their roles in securing funds for the Nueva Rumasa group between 2009 and 2011 through deceptive financial operations.
• The siblings were found guilty of fraud, money laundering and asset stripping within an opaque corporate structure.
• The six convicted are Álvaro, Zoilo, José María, Pablo, Francisco Javier and Alfonso Ruiz-Mateo Rivero.
• The sentences form part of ongoing legal proceedings into the long-running Nueva Rumasa financial scandal.