This case is about the alleged criminal activity of the Instituto Nóos , created by Iñaki Urdangarín and Diego Torres, a non-profit organisation that was used to attract 6.2 million euros from the public administrations of Valencia and the Balearic Islands, as well as to evade taxes. The Instituto Nóos offered to organise events for a figure higher than the actual expenditure, and the surplus money was diverted to fictitious companies, such as Aizoon, in which Infanta Cristina was listed as the 50% owner together with her husband.
There are 17 defendants. They are accused of embezzlement, malfeasance women database falsification, fraud, fraud against the Administration, tax crimes and money laundering.
The case is now awaiting sentencing.
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The 'black' cards of Bankia and Caja Madrid
This year, there was also a trial of the “black card” schemes, with 65 defendants, including the presidents of Caja Madrid and Bankia, Miguel Blesa and Rodrigo Rato .
The defendants spent 15.5 million euros on personal expenses; they charged their cards for expenses in jewellery shops, clothing stores, restaurants, trips, hotels, branded clothing and household goods.
This plot began in October 2014 and in December 2015 the investigation phase ended, leaving Rato, Blesa and 64 others involved as defendants. In February 2016 the National Court issued an order to open the oral trial against those investigated who used the black cards, accused of alleged crimes of administration and misappropriation. In September 2016 the trial began, where it was debated whether these cards were part of the salary of the former directors or were a legal remuneration to the former councillors.
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Gürtel case
The Gürtel scandal was one of the biggest corruption schemes in Spain. There are 37 defendants, including the ringleader of the network Francisco Correa and Luis Bárcenas . It was a corporate network in which they used their contacts with PP officials to obtain irregular public contract awards.
The Gürtel case is a macro case that has been divided into parts, including the Bárcenas papers.
The case broke out in February 2009, but we will have to wait until 2017 for the trial to begin.
The first trial of one of the parts of the case began on October 4, 2016: it will try the activities of the corruption ring between 1999 and 2005, the ringleaders of the ring Francisco Correa and Pablo Crespo. There are 40 people accused, including Bárcenas, Lapuerta and Ángel Sanchís. The Popular Party itself and the former Minister of Health Ana Mato will also be tried as participants.
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The floor clauses
Perhaps the most recent case.
The story began with a Supreme Court ruling on 9 May 2013: it declared the floor clauses abusive and therefore void but with limited retroactive effects. Two courts raised two preliminary questions before the Court of Justice of the European Union. In July 2016, the conclusions of the Advocate General were made public, following the same line of argument as the Supreme Court.