All entries use legally precise language. An allegation is not a conviction. Status indicators reflect the most recent known judicial or political position at time of publication.
2024 – Present · Madrid
Begoña Gómez (PM's wife) · Complutense University
Magistrate Juan Carlos Peinado opened an investigation into Sánchez's wife for alleged corruption and influence peddling relating to her Africa Center directorship at Complutense University and alleged use of official backing to obtain private contracts. She was summoned to testify multiple times. Some aspects archived; others remain under scrutiny. All allegations are denied.
2020–2024 · Multiple Regions
Koldo García · Víctor de Aldama · José Luis Ábalos
Prosecutors allege that Koldo García (Ábalos' former advisor) and businessman Víctor de Aldama operated a corruption network receiving millions in commissions in exchange for facilitating COVID mask contracts with regional governments. Multiple arrests in February 2024. Investigation has widened to include other PSOE-linked figures. All defendants deny wrongdoing.
2020 – Present · Madrid / Barajas
José Luis Ábalos (former Transport Minister)
Former minister Ábalos faces allegations connected to the Koldo Case (alleged kickbacks), Delcygate (his reported 2020 meeting with sanctioned Venezuelan VP at Madrid-Barajas), and alleged use of a public apartment after leaving office. He left the PSOE and remains as independent MP. He denies all allegations.
2024 · Madrid
Santos Cerdán (PSOE Org. Secretary) · Koldo García
Intercepted conversations between then-PSOE Organisational Secretary Santos Cerdán and Koldo García — central figure in the mask contract corruption case — were made public in 2024, raising questions about his role in the alleged network. He resigned from his party position. Judicial investigations into his role reported ongoing. Cerdán denied any wrongdoing.
2023 – Present · Badajoz
David Sánchez (PM's brother) · Badajoz Provincial Council
Pedro Sánchez's brother was hired as "Cultural Coordinator" for the PSOE-controlled Badajoz Provincial Council at ~€55,000/year. Critics alleged the role was created to benefit the Prime Minister's family with no clear public function. The case was archived by courts finding no proven criminal conduct, but the political controversy persisted as an alleged institutional nepotism case.
January 2020 · Madrid-Barajas
Delcy Rodríguez (Venezuelan VP) · José Luis Ábalos
Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez — subject to an EU entry ban — transited through Madrid-Barajas airport. Minister Ábalos reportedly went to the airport to meet her, in what critics called a violation of EU sanctions policy. The government maintained no sanctions were breached. Never criminally prosecuted, but a major political controversy with no official explanation considered satisfactory by critics.
2021 · Madrid
SEPI (State Holding Co.) · Plus Ultra airline
State holding company SEPI granted €53 million rescue loan to Plus Ultra during the pandemic. Critics alleged the airline had Venezuelan shareholders with alleged links to the Maduro regime, did not meet rescue criteria, and that the decision was politically motivated. Judicial investigations were opened; some aspects later archived. The government defended the rescue as legitimate.
2024 – Present · Madrid
Álvaro García Ortiz (Attorney General) · Alberto González Amador
Attorney General García Ortiz — a Sánchez government appointee — came under Supreme Court criminal investigation for allegedly leaking confidential fiscal data about Alberto González Amador (partner of Madrid's PP president Ayuso) to a journalist. Critics called it weaponisation of the justice system. García Ortiz denied being the source. One of the most serious institutional integrity cases in Spain's recent democratic history.
2023–2024 · Barcelona / Madrid
Pedro Sánchez · Carles Puigdemont · Junts · ERC
After the 2023 election, Sánchez negotiated support from Catalan independence parties in exchange for an amnesty law covering those involved in the 2017 independence referendum — directly reversing his explicit pre-election statements that amnesty was "not on the table". The law faced constitutional challenges and was opposed by prominent legal scholars. Passed in May 2024.
Various · 2022–2024
PSOE internal federations · Santos Cerdán · Local affiliates
Allegations of irregularities in PSOE internal primaries and congress votes have emerged at local federation level. Critics use the term "pucherazo" (ballot-stuffing) to describe alleged manipulation. These allegations relate specifically to PSOE internal party processes — not to Spanish national elections. Some involve specific federations and local vote collection. These are contested allegations, not proven through any final court ruling.
