FILE: Spain tax officials search home of ex-IMF head Rato Spanish tax office agents on Thursday searched the Madrid home of Rodrigo Rato, a former IMF head and ex-economy minister with Spain's ruling conservative party, who has already been charged in two corruption cases. FILE images of Rodrigo Rato appearing in court in October when he was summoned for questioning over allegations that he and other former banking executives went on spending sprees with company credit cards.