The Milan prosecutor’s office has served the notice of conclusion of the preliminary investigations (415 bis) against the minister Daniela Santanchè and four other people: two natural persons and two legal entities. The natural persons are the minister’s partner Dimitri Kunz D’Asburgo and Paolo Giuseppe Concordia, head of the treasuries of the companies of the Visibilia group. The legal entities are the two companies Visibilia Editore and Visibilia Concessionaria. The alleged crime is that of aggravated fraud against the State. While the two companies were charged with the administrative liability of the entities provided for by 231 of 2001.
The investigation
The investigation was coordinated by the deputy Laura Pedio and the prosecutors Giuseppina Gravina and Luigi Luzi and the investigations were conducted by the soldiers of the Economic and Financial Police Unit of the Guardia di Finanza of Milan. In more detail, the investigation closure notice states that the scam, which took place between 2020 and 2022, had INPS as its victim in relation to alleged irregularities in the receipt of funds for the Redundancy Fund in derogation from Covid 19 for a total of 13 employees of the publishing group: a total of 126,468 euros (for a total of 20,117 hours) paid by the public body into the coffers of two companies that allegedly received them unduly.
The rights of suspects
Once the notice has been served, the defendants will be able, within twenty days, to present briefs, produce documents, deposit any documentation relating to the defender’s investigations, ask the public prosecutor to carry out new investigative measures, or present themselves to make statements or be subjected to interrogation. If the suspect requests to be subjected to interrogation, the public prosecutor must do so.
The genesis of the investigation
The file was opened after the complaint by Federica Bottiglione, the company’s former Investor Relator (the professional who maintains relations with investors and intermediaries in a company listed on the stock exchange). And Visibilia Editore, in fact, is listed on the Euronext Growth Milan stock exchange (although it has been suspended from trading since March 4), the multilateral trading platform dedicated to small and medium-sized enterprises on the Italian Stock Exchange
The Gdf report
In a Gdf report filed some time ago with the prosecutor Giuseppina Gravina and the deputy Laura Pedio, it emerged that the move to resort to the CIGS would also have been engineered by Kunz D’Asburg and Concordia, responsible for the treasuries of Visibilia Group, founded by Santanchè. For the Fiamme Gialle their “awareness” of the “illicit” scheme adopted comes to light from the conversations between two.
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2024-03-23 15:28:58