Overview
- After Monday's opening hearing on preliminary issues, the court rejected a defense bid to void the case over conflicting ownership claims and set witness testimony to resume Tuesday.
- Two families now stake rival claims to the payout, with the prosecutor backing the widow and daughter of the man identified by police as the buyer against heirs of another deceased claimant.
- Prosecutors seek six years in prison for lotería agent Manuel Reija for fraud or, failing that, misappropriation, and up to six years plus a €9.4 million fine for his brother Miguel for money laundering or, alternatively, three years for concealment.
- Records show the ticket was sold at a Carrefour kiosk on June 26, 2012 and read at San Agustín on July 2, when the terminal flagged a top-tier prize and logged repeat scans, while police tied the buyer through recurring number patterns, travel routes for senior trips, and card and location data.
- SELAE holds the ticket as the trial runs through April 20, and the prosecutor asks the court to award the prize to the identified heirs or, if they cannot collect, to order the brothers to pay €4.72 million plus interest.