Faffe Case: Six Years in Prison and 55 Million Unaccounted For

Faffe Case: Public Cards and 55 Million Unaccounted For

How much public money can fit on a card that no one audits? The Faffe case answers with figures: 55 million euros in unjustified aid, five local establishments identified by the judge, and six years of prison for its former director, according to published information. The case has resurfaced with an investigation commission that the PSOE seeks to close, and Susana Díaz and Minister Montero summoned to appear.

What is being investigated in the Faffe case

The figures vary depending on who is counting them: 50 million in unjustified subsidies for some, 55 million in embezzlement for others. What doesn't vary is the pattern. A high official spent 30,000 euros of public money across five local establishments, according to the judge, and there is a payment of 15,000 euros at a brothel the same day Griñán changed his government. Faffe operated as an opaque box within the Andalusian public structure: connections, invoices with no destination, and cards paid for by the regional government.

Six Years in Prison and a Commission Half-Closed

The six-year sentence for the former director is the most visible judicial blow. Politically, however, the struggle remains open: some demand that all the truth be known while the PSOE seeks to close the investigation commission in the Andalusian Parliament. And in Extremadura, to compare magnitudes, it is claimed that the regional government's accounts were falsified to cover a 166 million hole. The trail always leads to the same place.

The appearances of Susana Díaz and Montero are scheduled for autumn. The establishments are already closed, the cards expired, and the commission, if no one remedies it, will be dissolved. The only thing that doesn't prescribe is the invoice, and that continues to arrive at the same addresses.