A court on has ordered Spain's second biggest bank BBVA and its former chairman to stand trial for alleged corporate spying involving a disgraced former police chief.

El magistrado envía al banquillo al banco por delitos de cohecho y 52 delitos de descubrimiento y revelación de secretos

Francisco González and 14 other defendants will stand trial over allegedly illegal contracts awarded to the former police commissioner between 2004 and 2016.

La Audiencia Nacional española ordenó que el banco BBVA se someta a juicio en el caso de espionaje.

A court on has ordered Spain's second biggest bank BBVA and its former chairman to stand trial for alleged corporate spying involving a disgraced former police chief.