Overview

• An IGAE report sent to the court and the European Public Prosecutor concludes certain Red.es contracts tied to recommendation letters from Begoña Gómez were awarded incumpliendo la ley and points to a possible fraude de ley.
• The audit finds subjective technical scoring was improperly handled by Red.es’s contracting board instead of an independent expert committee, and notes recent document modifications that the UCO says did not alter content.
• Two examined awards benefiting a UTE involving businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés total nearly €14 million, and EPPO-commissioned findings are now incorporated into Judge Juan Carlos Peinado’s case.
• Judge Peinado has ordered the Instituto de Empresa to deliver all emails exchanged with presidential aide Cristina Álvarez for UCO review, expanding the evidence-gathering on the malversación line of inquiry.
• The Madrid economic crimes prosecutor identifies 121 emails between Álvarez and a former UCM vice‑rector and argues they do not prove diversion of public funds, while requesting dismissal of that piece for Gómez, Álvarez and the Madrid delegate.