Overview
- The ruling reduces his earlier aggregate sentence by 17 months after striking the usurpation count and applies the mitigating factor of undue procedural delays.
- Judges found that posing as an intelligence operative simulated influence rather than the specific functions of an existing public office required under Article 402.
- A two-year prison term stands for a continued offence of falsifying official documents, supported by seized materials bearing state emblems and forged signatures.
- The case centers on an October 10, 2014 meeting at a Madrid bank where he presented official‑looking papers, claimed ties to the Government and CNI, and a client withdrew €25,000, €10,000 of which was later returned the same day.
- The court notes a prior acquittal last year on related usurpation and active bribery charges in the Ribadeo episode, while recalling an earlier final conviction for a 2012 ID forgery.