Overview
- The Tribunal de Cuentas imposed an €862,496 fine on Vox for accepting unidentified cash donations between 2018 and 2020, bringing total fines to over €1 million in under a year.
- This latest sanction follows a €233,324 penalty in July 2024 for similar breaches of Spain’s Organic Law on Political Party Financing (LOFPP).
- Audits revealed a lack of internal controls over cash flows, promotional sales, and lottery activities, making it difficult to trace the origin of donations.
- Vox’s treasury rules incorrectly exempted donations under €300 from identification requirements, a misinterpretation of LOFPP regulations.
- The party plans to appeal the ruling to Spain’s Supreme Court, while the Fiscalía Anticorrupción continues its investigation into alleged opaque funding practices.