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 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 Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato was handed a jail sentence of four years and six months Thursday for misusing funds when he was the boss of two Spanish banks. https://www.thelocal.es/20170223/ex-imf-chief-rodrigo-rato-jailed Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:22:43 +0100 ex-imf-chief-rodrigo-rato-jailed Rato, a former chief of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), is to stand trial for misusing funds when he was head of a bailed-out Spanish bank, a court in Madrid said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160201/spain-ex-imf-head-rodrigo-rato-to-stand-trial-for-misusing Mon, 01 Feb 2016 17:05:42 +0100 spain-ex-imf-head-rodrigo-rato-to-stand-trial-for-misusing Rodrigo Rato, the ex-head of the International Monetary Fund has been summoned by a judge for questioning over alleged money-laundering, the latest in a string of court cases targeting him. https://www.thelocal.es/20150721/judge-to-quiz-ex-imf-head-rato-in-latest-fraud-case Tue, 21 Jul 2015 10:43:07 +0200 judge-to-quiz-ex-imf-head-rato-in-latest-fraud-case Spanish tax office agents on Thursday searched the Madrid home of former IMF head Rodrigo Rato, who has already been charged in two graft cases, as part of a new money-laundering probe. https://www.thelocal.es/20150417/spain-tax-officials-search-home-of-ex-imf-head-rato Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:40:44 +0200 spain-tax-officials-search-home-of-ex-imf-head-rato A Spanish judge on Wednesday formally named as suspects 78 executives at two major banks accused of using "phantom" credit cards to make personal purchases which were never declared to the tax office. https://www.thelocal.es/20150128/judge-to-investigate Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:58:00 +0100 judge-to-investigate A Madrid court on Wednesday summoned 17 suspects including five mayors and a French energy executive for questioning in a corruption scandal that has rocked the Spain government, while there were also heated exchanges in the national parliament. https://www.thelocal.es/20141029/the-virus-of-corruption-is-in-the-guts-of-the-system Wed, 29 Oct 2014 17:43:00 +0100 the-virus-of-corruption-is-in-the-guts-of-the-system Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday begged for forgiveness on behalf of the country's ruling Popular Party a day after police arrested several party members in anti-corruption raids. https://www.thelocal.es/20141028/spanish-pm-mariano-rajoy-apologizes-over-corruption Tue, 28 Oct 2014 18:16:00 +0100 spanish-pm-mariano-rajoy-apologizes-over-corruption A dozen chauffeurs working for two major Spanish banks were issued company credit cards so that drivers could make luxury purchases on the behalf of top executives, a Spanish newspaper reported on Monday, part of a scandal which has rocked Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20141020/chauffeurs-given-black-visas-caja-madrid-bankia-miguel-blesa Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:50:00 +0200 chauffeurs-given-black-visas-caja-madrid-bankia-miguel-blesa A Spanish judge on Thursday ordered ex-Caja Madrid head Rodrigo Rato to pay a €3-million ($3.8-million) bond as a court probes allegations that former bank bosses spent millions on nightclubs, safaris and other treats using company credit cards. https://www.thelocal.es/20141017/scandal-hit-ex-imf-boss-cops-3-million-bail-bill-rodrigo-rato Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:42:00 +0200 scandal-hit-ex-imf-boss-cops-3-million-bail-bill-rodrigo-rato Former International Monetary Fund boss Rodrigo Rato and the ex-President of failed Spanish lender Caja Madrid Miguel Blesa are to face questions in court as part of a probe into alleged credit card fraud by top bank executives. https://www.thelocal.es/20141008/top-bankers-to-face-judge-in-fraud-case Wed, 08 Oct 2014 15:20:00 +0200 top-bankers-to-face-judge-in-fraud-case Allegations that former heads of bailed-out Spanish lender Bankia, including ex-IMF head Rodrigo Rato, spent extravagantly on personal leisure with company credit cards, triggered resignations and red-faced apologies on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20141003/heads-roll-in-credit-card-fraud-scandal-spain-cajamadrid Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:33:10 +0200 heads-roll-in-credit-card-fraud-scandal-spain-cajamadrid The former head of the International Monetary Fund Rodrigo Rato is one of 86 top executives at Spain's Caja Madrid and Bankia banks accused of using company credit cards to buy over millions of euros worth of luxury items for personal use. https://www.thelocal.es/20141002/former-imf-chief-named-in-credit-card-scandal-rodrigo-rato-bankia-caja-madrid Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:42:00 +0200 former-imf-chief-named-in-credit-card-scandal-rodrigo-rato-bankia-caja-madrid