Overview
- He will serve the remainder of his term at home with electronic monitoring after the Basauri prison treatment board and the Basque Justice Department granted third-degree status.
- An ankle bracelet will be fitted in the coming days, ending his requirement to return to Basauri prison at night.
- Before this change, he had daily release under article 100.2 to work at an external consultancy and had served as a prison librarian and completed an economic-crimes course.
- The Supreme Court in January 2023 upheld his role as ringleader and a slate of corruption offenses while capping effective prison time at nine years, with a formal end date of July 2, 2032.
- The network funneled illicit commissions through Kataia Consulting, tied to the defendants’ spouses, and he retained a Basque government salary for over 13 years, including after his 2019 conviction.