6 February 2013 last updated at 12:22 GMT 
media were in force to capture the arrival of Mr Barcenas the former Treasurer of the governing Popular Party Spain (PP) arrived for questioning by prosecutors in Madrid about claims of secret payments.
Luis Barcenas prompted about documents published in the newspaper El Pais that supposedly show payments to key members of the PP, including Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
Mr Barcenas and Mr Rajoy vehemently deny any wrongdoing.
Financial markets plunged earlier this week amid concerns about the claims.
The State Public Ministry, which received the documents from El Pais on Tuesday, conducting preliminary investigations to see if someone has broken the law.
El Pais says that Mr Barcenas wrote documents that he published last week, describing them as "hidden" PP accounts.
They contain lists of donations against the names of senior party members, including Mr Rajoy.
RefusalsMr Barcenas arrived by taxi at the anti-corruption Prosecutors Office, accompanied by his lawyer, Alfonso Trallero, Spanish media report.
A crowd of onlookers and journalists gathered, and could be heard shouting "thief!" and "where is my bag?".
On Saturday, Mr Rajoy went on TV to deny ever having received secret payments or unfit.
Continue reading the main story What are the charges?That documents published by El Pais are a list of payments in money not declared or secret to senior members of the PPPrime Minister of Spain is involved? Name of Mariano Rajoy written several times in documents. As harmful in this case could be?The scandal has damaged the image of Mr Rajoy and his party, because he received such widespread media coverage.what happens next?Spain's Chief State Prosecutor says that there could be enough evidence to investigate. Mr Rajoy says he will publish your earnings online. Opposition leaders called for him to resign, but as things stand, which seems unlikely.Small groups of demonstrators took to the streets in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville, calling on him to resign, and clashes with police took place in the capital over the weekend.Mr Barcenas stepped down as Treasurer in 2009 after having been implicated in a separate corruption case, known as the scandal Gurtel.
In this case, he is accused of tax fraud and receiving illegal payments, claims that he also denies.
He is due to be questioned by judge Pablo Ruz on the Gurtel affair in February 25, according to the El Pais.
Correspondents say that the latest allegations particularly angered the public, because the Government of Mr Rajoy is demanding huge sacrifices of the public as the recession unemployment and 25% of the country's battles.
The central claim is that the documents published by El Pais are a list of "undeclared cash donations" linked to senior members of the PP.
Until 2007, the Spanish political parties were permitted to receive anonymous donations.
Spain's Attorney General said that there could be enough evidence to investigate the allegations.
Political damageThe PP said it will take legal against those responsible for what he says is a smear campaign, and Mr Rajoy promised to publish your online winnings.
Continue reading the main story[Rajoy] won't be heard a little bit by the European institutions "End quote Ferran Requejo political opposition leader of Pompeu Fabra University of Barcelona Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba called for him to resign, but the BBC'S Tom Burridge in Spain says that, as things stand, this seems unlikely.
The political scientist Anton Losada of the University of Santiago de Compostela, said the Prime Minister would find it more difficult to implement austerity policies.
"There is a high political cost to pay, with a problem of legitimacy," he told AFP news agency.
"He may not require sacrifices and at the same time earn money, especially if it is not legal."
According to Ferran Requejo, political scientist at the University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Mr Rajoy would now fight to be taken seriously in the euro area.
"Accusations of corruption in a government party is a serious accusation," he told the AFP news agency.
"He's not going to be heard a little bit by the European institutions."
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