Politics · Spain · 13 hrs ago
Spanish investigators seek PSOE accounts in secret cash-payments probe
Civil Guard investigators sought information on PSOE accounts at Spain’s Court of Audit on Thursday, under a judge’s order.
The request is part of a secret investigation into the party’s cash payments, opened within the wider Koldo case.
The inquiry covers payments and expenses from 2017 to 2024.
It followed concerns about expenses claimed by former PSOE organisational secretary José Luis Ábalos and his adviser Koldo García that were not listed in the party’s official accounts.
Judges are examining whether the handling of cash involved possible irregularities or criminal activity; the investigation does not target the Spanish government, according to the prosecution service.
The judge has ordered further information-gathering, but no next step beyond the current inquiries is specified.
Civil Guard investigators visited Spain’s Court of Accounts to seek information on the PSOE’s accounts as part of a secret investigation into the party’s cash payments.
The visit was ordered by National Court judge Ismael Moreno, who is investigating the matter within a separate secret section of the Koldo case.
The inquiry concerns cash payments and expense claims from 2017 to 2024.
The probe followed concerns about expenses claimed by former PSOE organisation secretary José Luis Ábalos and his adviser Koldo García that were not included in the party’s official accounts.
- Who
- Agents from the Civil Guard’s Central Operative Unit (UCO) visited the Court of Accounts. Judge Ismael Moreno ordered the information request.
- What
- Investigators sought information about PSOE accounts as part of a probe into the party’s cash payments and expenses.
- When
- Thursday, 12 November 2026.
- Where
- The Court of Accounts in Spain.
- Why
- The court is investigating whether irregularities occurred in the use of party cash and expenses. The inquiry followed concerns about claims by Ábalos and García that were absent from official accounts.
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Judge Ismael Moreno declared the contents of a PSOE-provided pen drive containing accounts from 2017 to 2024 secret.
UCO agents visited the Court of Accounts on Moreno’s orders to seek information on PSOE accounts.
- Investigating unit
- Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard
- Court
- Court of Accounts
- Judge
- Ismael Moreno
- Separate section
- Koldo case
- Accounts period
- 2017–2024
- People whose expenses prompted scrutiny
- José Luis Ábalos and Koldo García
3 sources
El juez da 10 días al Tribunal de Cuentas para emitir un nuevo informe sobre las donaciones del PSOE que aclare los descuadres bancarios
Agentes de la UCO acuden al Tribunal de Cuentas por la pieza de financiación del PSOE
La UCO acude al Tribunal de Cuentas por la investigación sobre los pagos en efectivo en el PSOE
What people are saying
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irregular activities, and even potentially criminal ones