Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Department says 24 of its own agents are being investigated after a database was wrongly used to access personal information about Real Madrid and Costa Rica goalkeeper Keylor Navas.
Francisco Segura, head of the department, said on Wednesday there was no justification for their actions as his agents only have authority to access the "information platform" during an investigation. Navas is not under any investigation.
Segura said it wasn't clear what exactly the agents were looking for, though he admitted that one of them had wanted "to check out" information on Navas' sisters.
Navas guided Costa Rica to the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup, the first time the Central American country had advanced that far.
The 27-year-old then left Levante for Real in a six-year deal, and was named best goalkeeper of the 2013-2014 season at the Spanish Football League awards on Monday night.
Marca reports Segura as saying: "The agents only have the authority to access the platform when they are carrying out police investigations, making their actions at the very least serious infringements that could lead to the sentencing of suspensions upwards of 15 days."
Segura confirmed that should the case develop into a criminal investigation, the agents involved could potentially lose their jobs.
The Spanish newspaper also stated that the Public Office confirmed last week that a disciplinary investigation into four prosecutors was underway for the same reasons.