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Spain’s attorney general guilty of leak in tax fraud case against partner of political rival
Álvaro García Ortiz was disqualified for two years and fined €7,300 after leaking data in a tax fraud case involving Alberto González Amador, partner of opposition leader Isabel Díaz Ayuso.
- On Thursday, Spain's Supreme Court found Álvaro García Ortiz, Spain's Attorney General, guilty of unlawfully revealing confidential tax-probe details, banning him from public office for two years and ordering fines plus €10,000 compensation to Alberto González Amador, businessman.
- A press release corrected earlier reports about a plea-bargain request tied to alleged evasion of 350,951, involving businessman Alberto González Amador, and prompted a privacy complaint.
- Prosecutors cited his phone change and an alleged email leak, but journalists who testified during the trial earlier this month said García Ortiz was not their source, and he denied wrongdoing.
- Opposition leaders immediately demanded accountability as the verdict intensified tensions, with Ester Muñoz saying `Sánchez must apologise to Spaniards, resign and call elections, in that order', while the Spanish government respects but disagrees.
- The ruling marks a historic turning point for Spain's justice system as Álvaro García Ortiz, former Attorney General, becomes the first sitting AG convicted, raising concerns about institutional credibility and cross-border cooperation; he may appeal.
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The conviction of Alvaro Garcia Ortiz, the highest magistrate of the Public Prosecutor's Office, appointed and supported by Mr. Sanchez, adds to the investigations against several of his relatives.
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The Supreme Court of Spain sentenced the Attorney General, Álvaro García Ortiz, to a two-year disqualification from exercising his position for leaking secrets to harm the opposition. The court considers that the highest representative of the Prosecutor's Office, appointed in 2022 on the proposal of the left-wing government, committed a crime of disclosure of reserved data and also imposed on him about 7,300 euros of fine (about 8,400 dollars).R…
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