The former president of the Chamber is accused of fraud in public supplies, bankruptcy, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering as part of a sale from China for a total value of 35 million euros which arrived at Malpensa during the Covid emergency
BUSTO ARSIZIO – The public prosecutor of Busto Arsizio Ciro Caramore has requested the indictment of the former president of the Chamber Irene Pivetti (not present in the courtroom) and for all the others involved in the “mask case”.
The hearing was held this morning in court in Busto in front of the Gup Anna Giorgetti. Pivetti is accused in various capacities, together with her daughter, her son-in-law, the entrepreneur Luciano Mega and other subjects of fraud in public supplies, bankruptcy, embezzlement, money laundering and self-laundering in the context of a sale from China of masks for a total value of 35 million euros arrived at Malpensa during the Covid emergency.
According to the accusation, personal protective equipment worth only 10 million was delivered, of poor quality, practically unusable and with a false CE mark. The prosecutor asked for a trial, the defense said there was no place to proceed. None of the defendants asked to be admitted to alternative rites.
The Judge’s decision for the Preliminary Hearing is expected next Friday.
