Spain's Court of Auditors reports gaps in SELAE prize-payment controls
Spain's Court of Auditors presented findings on SELAE's controls for prize payments in 2022, identifying weaknesses in documentation and anti-money-laundering safeguards. For 2019–2022, the report recorded 15,852 payment files with documentation incidents, involving €759m, or 8.18% of prizes paid in that period. It also recommended improvements to internal resources, document checks and financial transparency.
The findings point to control and documentation weaknesses in SELAE's prize-payment processes.