Overview

• The court held a hearing on Monday that cited Daniel de Alfonso to trial and left the case pending judgment under counselor Elena Hernáez.
• Prosecutors and the OAC seek roughly €205,000 in total, including about €180,000 they say he received and around €23,000 tied to two senior officials who reported to him.
• The claim centers on trienio seniority pay allegedly calculated using the more favorable OAC formula for a prior period as a judge, with a 5% base-salary increment and other complements flagged as irregular.
• De Alfonso’s defense argued payroll decisions were handled autonomously by the head of Administration and Human Resources, shifted responsibility to subordinates, and portrayed the case as politically motivated.
• The OAC and the Fiscalía assert his final accounting liability as director; the matter follows a 2023 hearing later consolidated from duplicate proceedings and any ruling can be appealed within the TC or before the Supreme Court’s contentious-administrative chamber.