The owner of the largest brothel in Spain, Paradise, dies: he faced 52 years in prison for fraud. José Moreno Gómez, 72, was accused of fraud and awaiting trial at the National Court as part of Operation Pompeii.

In February 2022, the investigating judge concluded the investigation and attributed to those investigated a total of 119 tax crimes allegedly committed through six different criminal plots. The judge calculated that they defrauded 111 million euros in tax payments not paid (VAT, Corporate Tax and Personal Income Tax).