Overview

• Magistrate Julián Sánchez Melgar granted a six-month extension on August 6, prolonging the probe until March 2026.
• The inquiry cannot advance to formal charges until the European Parliament lifts Pérez’s immunity as a member of Parliament.
• Prosecutors are investigating alleged illegal party financing, fraud, breach of trust, money laundering and forgery linked to a €100,000 payment from businessman Álvaro Romillo.
• In a voluntary July 11 statement Pérez said he received the funds for a 30-minute lecture on financial freedom and denied using them for his SALF campaign.
• Romillo, owner of Madeira Invest Club, remains under separate investigation by the Audiencia Nacional for a suspected pyramid scheme.