A Madrid provincial court has suspended the latest prison sentence for Francisco Javier Gómez Iglesias, the notorious fraudster dubbed "Little Nicholas," meaning he will not enter prison despite accumulating more than 12 years of sentences across four convictions.
The Audiencia Provincial de Madrid suspended the 25-month term for inducing the discovery and revelation of secrets and active bribery, offenses committed in late 2014. The Supreme Court of Spain had reduced the sentence in March 2026, citing undue delays. Suspension is conditional on Gómez Iglesias not reoffending for four years and paying a 1,800-euro fine.
The court reasoned that the crimes were concentrated in a single period of his life, no subsequent offenses are recorded, and avoiding incarceration favors resocialization. The public prosecutor's office backed the suspension. Gómez Iglesias has never entered prison, benefiting from prior sentence reductions or suspensions.