The Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard has not found any “suspicious” movements in the accounts of Begoña Gómez, wife of the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez. This is stated in a new report sent to Judge Juan Carlos Peinado, who requested the agents to analyze different documentation collected in the case that remains open against the wife of the socialist leader. “In summary, the banking information matches the development of the professional activities that Begoña Gómez has been carrying out, insofar as the entities to which she has been professionally linked correspond to the main payers identified,” the document concludes, which EL PAÍS had access to.
The agents, who have sent the magistrate a comprehensive 317-page analysis (including annexes), note that they also analyzed “certain income in one of the accounts linked to Transforma TSC” — a company that, according to the accusations, was created to exploit a software developed by the extraordinary university chair co-directed by Gómez —. But in these accounts, “no notable movements” were “identified that could be related to the facts” under investigation. They have only located, according to their explanation, an income “derived from invoicing” of 6,687 euros to the company Innovación Hexagonal, whose administrator is “identified among the users of the platform,” as well as “two other people linked to a firm associated with this company.”
However, on this, the UCO adds: “Although, with the information available at this procedural stage, it is not possible to determine the purpose of this invoicing, nor the possible link it might have with the activity that could have been developed through or as a consequence of its registration on the platform.” In other words, it cannot establish a cause-effect relationship, although it raises doubts about this “coincidence between the users of the platform and the only client of the company”; and it emphasizes that, based on these money movements, the company Transforma TSC “did maintain commercial activity” (although its commercial life was very brief, as it was halted when the investigation began). However, in her defense statement, Gómez indicated that it “had no type of activity, did not file annual accounts, nor registered domains, rights, or assets of any kind.” Sources from the Civil Guard detail that this is the last report the UCO plans to make.
The order from the armed institute comes after the head of the Madrid Instruction Court 41, Juan Carlos Peinado, agreed last April to send Begoña Gómez to trial with a popular jury, along with Cristina Álvarez, her advisor at La Moncloa, and businessman Juan Carlos Barrabés, for the alleged commission of up to four crimes. The judge took this step after two years pushing a controversial case, which began in 2024 following a complaint filed by Manos Limpias. The popular accusations led by Hazte Oír demand 24 years in prison for Pedro Sánchez’s wife. The Public Prosecutor’s Office has requested the dismissal of the process.
Peinado began investigating Gómez’s professional activity with businessmen and her employment relationship with the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), as well as the development of a software for that study center through an extraordinary chair. In these facts, the instructor focuses on the crimes of influence peddling, business corruption, and embezzlement. Later, however, the judge expanded the case to try to determine whether there was a diversion of public money by hiring Álvarez as an advisor to Sánchez’s partner so that she would end up collaborating with her private activity, instead of her institutional work. This thesis supports an alleged embezzlement.
In the report provided to Peinado, the UCO highlights that the chair co-directed by Gómez was “nourished by different collaborators with varying degrees and types of participation” — highlighting, on one hand, those who provide economic funds (“the only source of income”); and, on the other, those who “participate in the development” of the Transforma TSC tool —. “All this, in accordance with what is established by the UCM regarding extraordinary chairs and common regulations,” the Civil Guard emphasizes. The agents stress that the agreements signed about the software, which is free of charge and whose misappropriation is attributed to Sánchez’s wife, specify that the platform developed within the “framework of the chair” would always be “property” of the Complutense University.
Still, the agents raise doubts about the development of the software and state that Gómez registered the web domain to host the tool, as well as the “Transformación Social Competitiva” brand (“the registration of this brand costs 206.57 euros,” which she pays from an account she shares with her husband). Additionally, the police analysis notes that, due to the “public administration nature of the UCM,” irregularities may have occurred when contracting Making Science Group and Deloitte for the development of the platform. In the case of the first company, the UCO points out that it was hired “without even having processed an administrative file for this purpose, despite it being required due to its amount (20,000 euros excluding VAT)”: “However, since the competent auditing unit detected this dysfunction once the service was provided, the payment was released in order to avoid unjust enrichment of the UCM,” the report clarifies.
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Regarding Deloitte, the Civil Guard points out that it performed work based on “a minor contract and a subsequent hiring through a simplified open procedure.” But, at this point, the UCO adds: “[Two] files were processed that would have been prepared as a mere administrative framework formed solely to give an appearance of legality to the hiring of these services, which would have been carried out again outside the procedure established in the regulations.” “Discrepancies arise between the actual performance of the services and the formalized contracts. In this regard, no elements have been identified that indicate that during the formal execution period of the second file, Deloitte performed any of the functions for which it was hired,” the report continues.
“The legality of the chair”
Begoña Gómez’s defense has distanced itself from all accusations and has requested that, if judged by a popular jury, “an acquittal sentence be issued.” It has also requested the Madrid Provincial Court to halt Peinado’s decision to send her to trial and has insisted to the instructor himself to suspend the case until the higher court rules on the pending appeals.
Sources close to Gómez point out that the new UCO report shows that “the legality of the chair is not questioned,” and that no irregularities have been found in its creation or operation. They also highlight that the software was free and did not generate income. In fact, according to these sources, no suspicious payments have been found: “The income attributed to Begoña Gómez over two years amounts to 17,037.75 euros, a figure objectively incompatible with a narrative of personal economic enrichment,” they add as an example.
Gómez’s defense has also repeatedly rejected embezzlement and denied that Cristina Álvarez constantly helped her with her private work, beyond some occasional support (which she dissociated from her role as an advisor). In this regard, the UCO mentions that the collaborator, who “is considered part of the chair’s work team,” was “called and/or participated” in meetings for the development of the Transforma TSC platform.
For this latest report, the UCO has studied multiple bank accounts, including those where Gómez is listed as “holder” alongside Sánchez; and others where she appears as “authorized” and her daughters as “holders.” In fact, when making their analysis, the agents include that the prime minister’s wife received 196,353.29 euros from the Instituto de Empresa Foundation between 2019 and 2022, an entity for which she worked and which the Madrid Provincial Court expressly excluded from the investigations.
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