Spanish MEP Pablo Zalba said he had been "deceived" by the Sunday Times undercover reporters and had not accepted their offer of cash.

<p>fourth Euro MP caught up in a "cash-for-laws" scandal has denied wrongdoing as the European Parliament investigates corruption allegations.<br /><br />Spanish MEP Pablo Zalba said he had been "deceived" by the Sunday Times undercover reporters and had not accepted their offer of cash.<br /><br />But he said he did amend draft legislation at the request of the reporters posing as lobbyists.<br /><br />Two other MEPs have resigned in the affair and a third has left his party.<br /><br />Mr Zalba, of Spain's centre-right Popular Party (PP), said he was the victim of a "trap", in which the pretend lobbyists had requested two amendments to draft legislation on consumer protection.<br /><br />He said he rejected the first amendment but agreed to put forward the second because he thought it would help protect small investors, Spain's El Pais news website reported.<br /><br />According to the UK's Sunday Times newspaper, the undercover team made it clear to Mr Zalba that he would be paid for his services.</p>

Spanish MEP Pablo Zalba said he had been "deceived" by the Sunday Times undercover reporters and had not accepted their offer of cash.

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