The Department of Social Rights improperly paid €167.56 million in economic benefits during the 2016-2024 period. This is confirmed by a report from the Audit Office released this Wednesday, which indicates that these improper payments "are not only due to administrative errors" but also to "structural problems of transparency and governance." Some of these payments, unclaimed and time-barred due to the administration's inaction in monitoring and controlling them, have resulted in "effective damage to public finances" and, therefore, could give rise to "acts that are administratively and judicially prosecuted." In this case, which primarily affects the guaranteed citizen income and long-term care benefits, legal proceedings could be opened against those responsible for improperly authorizing these payments. For its part, the Department of Social Rights maintains that €156 million of the €167 million has already been claimed from the beneficiaries of these benefits.

The apartment was half empty, but the entity that managed it was collecting rent from the Generalitat (Catalan government) as if all the spaces in the apartment were occupied. This is what is known among workers in the sector as "ghost spaces." Now, three examples of this entity have reported it to the Anti-Fraud Office and the Catalan Ombudsman, within the framework of the research advanced by the ARA In January: alleged irregularities in the payment of financial and housing benefits to young people in care were reported to a technician from the Girona district.

The Catalan Audit Office continued paying seniority bonuses to four former executives after they had stopped working there. According to a freedom of information request made by the ARA, former board member Agustí Colom – proposed by ICV-EUiA in 2004 – has received €150,142 since he left office in 2011; former trustee Montserrat de Vehí – proposed by CiU in 2001 – has been paid €108.913 since she left in 2007; the body's secretary general from 2004 to 2011, Montserrat Vendrell, has received €52,355 euros; and former director general Joan Colom – proposed by PSC in 2004 – has received 27,411. In total, the Sindicatura has paid trustees who no longer worked there €338,822.