Overview

• Magistrate Julián Sánchez Melgar issued an order requesting a suplicatorio to investigate possible electoral and illegal party financing offenses linked to Se Acabó la Fiesta.
• Court filings cite a complaint from businessman Álvaro Romillo and police findings that a third person delivered a backpack with €100,000, coordinated via mobile messages.
• Pérez told the judge the money was a conference fee, said he kept the cash at home and spent about half on group expenses, a version the magistrate deemed clearly implausible.
• The judicial order notes that opaque receipts above €50,000 can be criminal under Spanish law, and the case is stayed pending the European Parliament’s decision except for urgent actions.
• This is the second immunity request involving Pérez, who also faces three other Supreme Court probes over alleged harassment, dissemination of a false COVID test, and disclosure-related offenses.