A Spaniard known as "the man with 2,000 tumours" who lied about having terminal cancer was handed a two-year jail term Monday for scamming donations from thousands, including celebrities.
Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato apologised to "society" on Thursday just before he began a jail sentence in Spain for misusing funds in a case that sparked outrage at the height of the country's economic crisis.
Spain's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato's jail sentence of four years and six months for misusing funds in a case uncovered at the height of the economic crisis, causing outrage.
Spanish prosecutors said Wednesday they want former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell to be jailed for 11 years and fined €59 million ($69 million) for alleged money laundering related to television rights and sponsorship in Brazil.
Spanish authorities announced Thursday they have pressed charges against CaixaBank, the nation's third largest lender, for breaching money laundering laws by turning a blind eye to dubious transfers by Chinese companies.
A Spanish court on Friday ordered former IMF head Rodrigo Rato to stand trial for fraud over the failed 2011 listing of Bankia, a bank he led which later needed rescuing by the state.
Two Spanish university professors and three other suspects have been charged over the alleged sale of a "fake" cancer drug that raked in more than €600,000, police said Tuesday.
Taiwan has protested a decision by Spain to deport more than 200 Taiwanese fraud suspects to China, the latest such deportation amid frosty cross-strait ties.
A Spanish court has jailed five former executives who got millions in severance pay from a struggling bank that later had to be nationalised, a first in a country still reeling from banking bailouts.
A week ago Fernando Blanco was a heroic Spanish father who raised over €900,000 for his sick daughter, but on Friday he was behind bars, an alleged fraudster accused of spending much of that cash on himself.
A report released by Spain’s interior ministry on Thursday revealed that nearly seven Spaniards were arrested for corruption charges every day last year.
Ten years ago he was lauded in Time magazine as “McDentist” for bringing his novel idea of franchise dentistry to the US and rapidly growing his company across Spain, Italy and Portugal.
Spanish police on Wednesday searched the Madrid branch of China's biggest lender ICBC as part of a probe into suspected money laundering, smuggling and violation of workers' rights.
The latest person caught up in Neymar's poisonous 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona is the Brazilian star's mother, who is to face fraud charges, judicial sources revealed on Tuesday.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father Jorge are to stand trial on three counts of tax fraud that could carry prison sentences, a Spanish court confirmed on Thursday.
The father of Argentina star Lionel Messi could face 18 months in prison for fiscal fraud following a request by the Barcelona public prosecutor on Tuesday.
Barcelona star Lionel Messi lost his appeal over tax fraud charges on Wednesday, meaning he could face a trial over the allegations which involve an estimated €4.6 million.
Podemos, the far-left party which has consistently campaigned on an anti-corruption platform, has fired its candidates in the northern region of Rioja after they were accused of fraud.
A founder of Spanish anti-establishment party Podemos on Friday rejected claims the party was financed by left-wing Latin American governments and said he had been the victim of a "witch hunt."
Updated: A group of Spaniards say they have been scammed by an agency which promised to help them move to the UK, with one of the victims telling The Local she was even threatened by the company's boss. The claims are disputed by the firm.
