https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20210208/2000-tumour-man-sentenced-for-scamming-spain-donors Mon, 08 Feb 2021 16:46:24 +0100 2000-tumour-man-sentenced-for-scamming-spain-donors A Spanish court on Wednesday acquitted former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell, who spent nearly two years in pre-trial custody, of money laundering. https://www.thelocal.es/20190424/spain-court-acquits-former-fc-barcelona-president-of-money-laundering Wed, 24 Apr 2019 15:31:15 +0200 spain-court-acquits-former-fc-barcelona-president-of-money-laundering 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20181025/ex-imf-chief-rato-starts-jail-term-in-spain-for-graft Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:14:33 +0200 ex-imf-chief-rato-starts-jail-term-in-spain-for-graft 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20181003/spanish-court-confirms-45-year-jail-term-for-disgraced-ex-imf-chief-rato Wed, 03 Oct 2018 19:15:55 +0200 spanish-court-confirms-45-year-jail-term-for-disgraced-ex-imf-chief-rato 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20180725/prosecutors-want-11-yrs-jail-59-mln-euro-fine-for-ex-barca-boss-rosell Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:53:11 +0200 prosecutors-want-11-yrs-jail-59-mln-euro-fine-for-ex-barca-boss-rosell 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20180420/spain-accuses-caixabank-of-laundering-chinese-money Fri, 20 Apr 2018 11:05:31 +0200 spain-accuses-caixabank-of-laundering-chinese-money 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20171118/spain-court-orders-ex-imf-head-rato-to-be-tried-for-fraud Sat, 18 Nov 2017 13:03:30 +0100 spain-court-orders-ex-imf-head-rato-to-be-tried-for-fraud 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20170411/spanish-academics-charged-for-selling-fake-cancer-drug Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:16:23 +0200 spanish-academics-charged-for-selling-fake-cancer-drug 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20170221/taiwan-protests-over-spain-deportations-to-china Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:02:33 +0100 taiwan-protests-over-spain-deportations-to-china 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20170117/spanish-bankers-sent-to-jail-in-landmark-ruling Tue, 17 Jan 2017 16:41:19 +0100 spanish-bankers-sent-to-jail-in-landmark-ruling 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20161212/parents-of-sick-girl-accused-of-spending-appeal-money-on-themselves Mon, 12 Dec 2016 10:23:37 +0100 parents-of-sick-girl-accused-of-spending-appeal-money-on-themselves A report released by Spain’s interior ministry on Thursday revealed that nearly seven Spaniards were arrested for corruption charges every day last year. https://www.thelocal.es/20160218/seven-people-are-arrested-each-day-in-spain-for-corruption Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:18:31 +0100 seven-people-are-arrested-each-day-in-spain-for-corruption 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20160218/fraud-allegations-spains-mcdentist-vitaldent Thu, 18 Feb 2016 17:02:16 +0100 fraud-allegations-spains-mcdentist-vitaldent 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20160217/spanish-police-raid-chinese-bank-icbc-in-300m-fraud-probe Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:16:51 +0100 spanish-police-raid-chinese-bank-icbc-in-300m-fraud-probe The woman was scammed out of €100,000 believing she was paying her fictitious boyfriend's medical costs. https://www.thelocal.es/20160205/australian-woman-travels-to-spain-to-visit-boyfriend-who-wasnt-real Fri, 05 Feb 2016 13:26:55 +0100 australian-woman-travels-to-spain-to-visit-boyfriend-who-wasnt-real A farmer in Castellón cut off his right hand and staged a car accident to rake in the insurance money. https://www.thelocal.es/20160114/spain-man-gives-right-hand-for-insurance-scam Thu, 14 Jan 2016 13:15:48 +0100 spain-man-gives-right-hand-for-insurance-scam 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20151027/neymars-mother-to-face-fraud-charges-over-bara-transfer Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:27:52 +0100 neymars-mother-to-face-fraud-charges-over-bara-transfer 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20151008/messi-will-stand-trial-on-tax-fraud-alongside-father-and-faces-jail-term Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:16:10 +0200 messi-will-stand-trial-on-tax-fraud-alongside-father-and-faces-jail-term 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. https://www.thelocal.es/20151007/prosecutors-request-18-months-for-messis-father Wed, 07 Oct 2015 10:58:12 +0200 prosecutors-request-18-months-for-messis-father Barcelona midfielder Javier Mascherano will go before a judge on October 29 for questioning over tax fraud allegations, a court said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20151001/barcelonas-mascherano-tax-fraud Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:26:53 +0200 barcelonas-mascherano-tax-fraud