Crónica Global
· 15 June 2026 · Miranda Solana
“La ingeniería contable de Mediapro en EEUU: cómo generó pérdidas ficticias para rebajar su factura fiscal”
Mediapro declined to comment. The reply came from the former executive named in the piece, Irantzu Díez, through a right of rectification under Spain's Organic Law 2/1984, which the outlet published in full four days later. Article and rectification both read in full.
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The outlet
4
4 unanswered
The accused
2
- 4 still standing: unanswered, or the outlet was right
- 2 answered, refuted with a document, or claimed without proof
Article score: 6.7/10
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What the outlet published
What the other side says
What the outlet published · Sentence 1
“Documentos internos y fuentes revelan un presunto sistema para inflar las pérdidas de su filial de Miami con el fin de defraudar a la Hacienda estadounidense”
Translation · ES
Internal documents and sources reveal an alleged scheme to inflate the losses of its Miami subsidiary in order to defraud the US tax authorities
What this claims, in our words · ES
Un presunto sistema para inflar las pérdidas de la filial de Miami y defraudar a Hacienda en Estados Unidos.
What the other side says
no reply yet
Are you Grup Mediapro / Imagina? Reply here →What the outlet published · Sentence 2
“la estrategia se orquestó a partir de 2015 con la llegada de Irantzu Díez como nueva CEO en Estados Unidos, quien asumió el control absoluto bajo las directrices de Tatxo Benet desde España.”
Translation · ES
the strategy was orchestrated from 2015 with the arrival of Irantzu Díez as the new CEO in the United States, who took absolute control under instructions from Tatxo Benet in Spain.
What this claims, in our words · ES
La estrategia se orquestó desde 2015 con la nueva consejera delegada en Estados Unidos, que asumió el control absoluto.
What the other side says
«Mi capacidad de actuación al frente de la filial estadounidense estaba limitada conforme a las normas de gobierno corporativo propias de una multinacional, que reservaban a la Dirección General y a la Presidencia del Grupo Mediapro la supervisión y validación de las decisiones relevantes. Por ello, no es cierto que ostentara "el control absoluto" de la filial.»
Translation
"My scope for action at the head of the US subsidiary was limited by the corporate governance rules of a multinational, which reserved to Mediapro Group's General Management and Chairmanship the supervision and validation of significant decisions. It is therefore not true that I held 'absolute control' of the subsidiary."
Irantzu Díez, right of rectification under Spain's Organic Law 2/1984, published in full by Crónica Global on 19 June 2026. EDITOR'S NOTE: Mediapro as a company declined to comment: "The company's current management is not going to make any further comment of any kind on this matter."
What the outlet published · Sentence 3
“Las fuentes consultadas aseguran que se llegaron a endosar a Imagina US los honorarios millonarios de los abogados penalistas de “cuello blanco” que defendían a los ejecutivos españoles”
Translation · ES
Sources say the multi-million fees of the white-collar criminal defence lawyers acting for the Spanish executives were charged to Imagina US
What this claims, in our words · ES
Se endosaron a la filial estadounidense los honorarios de los abogados penalistas que defendían a los ejecutivos españoles.
What the other side says
no reply yet
Are you Grup Mediapro / Imagina? Reply here →What the outlet published · Sentence 4
“Para poder encajar estos gastos, la dirección obligó a su asesor fiscal estadounidense a enmendar las declaraciones de impuestos de hasta cinco años atrás.”
Translation · ES
To fit these expenses in, management forced its US tax adviser to amend tax returns going back as far as five years.
What this claims, in our words · ES
La dirección obligó a su asesor fiscal a enmendar hasta cinco años de declaraciones de impuestos.
What the other side says
no reply yet
Are you Grup Mediapro / Imagina? Reply here →What the outlet published · Sentence 5
“Irantzu Díez cargó como costes empresariales deducibles facturas puramente personales, incluyendo compras de ropa, comidas, los gastos de su mudanza y la duplicación de su propia nómina.”
Translation · ES
Irantzu Díez charged purely personal invoices as deductible business costs, including clothing purchases, meals, her relocation expenses and the duplication of her own salary.
What this claims, in our words · ES
Se cargaron como gastos deducibles facturas personales: ropa, comidas, mudanza y la nómina duplicada de la directiva.
What the other side says
«No es cierto que cargara a la empresa factura alguna por compras de ropa ni por ningún otro gasto de carácter personal.» «Las comidas imputadas a la sociedad correspondían a gastos vinculados a mi actividad profesional, debidamente justificados, y no a consumos de carácter personal.» «No es cierto que percibiera mi nómina por duplicado. Hasta mi contratación por la sociedad estadounidense del grupo, percibí mi retribución de una sociedad del grupo radicada en España; ambos vínculos fueron sucesivos y en ningún caso simultáneos.»
Translation
"It is not true that I charged the company any invoice for clothing purchases or for any other personal expense."
"The meals charged to the company were expenses linked to my professional activity, duly documented, and not personal consumption."
"It is not true that I received my salary twice over. Until I was hired by the group's US company, I was paid by a group company based in Spain; the two links were consecutive and in no case simultaneous."
Irantzu Díez, right of rectification published by Crónica Global, 19 June 2026.
What the outlet published · Sentence 6
“A esto se sumó la creación de préstamos ficticios entre sociedades del grupo para bloquear el reparto contractual de beneficios.”
Translation · ES
On top of this came the creation of fictitious loans between group companies to block the contractual distribution of profits.
What this claims, in our words · ES
Se crearon préstamos ficticios entre sociedades del grupo para bloquear el reparto de beneficios.
What the other side says
no reply yet
Are you Grup Mediapro / Imagina? Reply here →What happened, in order
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