In the corruption investigation involving the president of the Liguria Region Giovanni Toti there is also an attempt to defraud the national health service. While the data on those infected by Coronavirus in order to obtain more vaccines led to the accusation of forgery against the governor, this story is connected to the shadow of the mafia over Genoa. In fact, in the wiretaps, two individuals from the Riesini clan talk about a 1.2 million euro deal involving supplies of masks. In the end it didn’t work out. But in the cards there are also gifts for showgirls, masseuses and escorts who were around the suspects. Cartier worth 10 thousand euros, Chanel bags, even massages costing a thousand euros each. And the interceptions of the interested parties: «he gave her a 10 thousand euro bracelet. And she put it on Instagram on purpose.”
The masks
The interception, reported today by Corriere della Sera, dates back to summer 2020. «I was thinking, since we have a very high demand for pediatric masks, for children, and we have them, now it would be, it would be a great coup. Because now they are looking for them so scary, the ones for children, look, all the pharmacies are calling me”, says one of the two subjects linked to the Nisseno clans to the other. Who replies: «Since we have Cianci and Toti, if we connect the Region we will have won. Because there we are talking about millions of pieces. Since he wants a hand, one hand washes the other and both wash the face.” Cianci is Domenico Cianci, but from the investigation documents it seems that the project did not come to fruition. In the investigation, Toti’s chief of staff Mauro Cozzani was charged with aggravating the mafia charge for electoral corruption.
Spinelli: «I paid everyone»
Meanwhile, yesterday Spinelli, questioned by the investigating judge, said that he had given funding to all the parties. “I was made fun of by Toti,” declared the entrepreneur. The governor promised him things that he didn’t keep just to get money. But he paid “even Bonino, who I didn’t know”, he said, against the advice of his son Roberto. And then there are the women. Even though he was 84 years old, Spinelli was always ready to organize weekends in good company. In this case, Signorini then took it upon himself to pick them up and take them to the designated meeting places. «Hotel de Paris, massages, beautician, hairdresser, drinks at the Cafe de Paris, Casino, Train Bleu…». Total 29,408 euros, paid entirely by the Monte Carlo Casino, where Spinelli is naturally a golden customer. «To settle the expenses incurred at the Casino for the year 2022 Spinelli paid 750 thousand euros», note the financiers.
The masseuses and escorts
Spinelli is a regular in Monte Carlo. “Three girls, not two, at 10, thanks,” he says to the hotel operator. And then: «Look, I need the apartment plus the room, a junior suite. For tonight and the masseuses tomorrow morning, two please, Pascal and Andrea in the room.” Then there is Signorini who has a strange relationship with a “Tuesday girl”. She who lends him 13 thousand euros to pay for the catering of her daughter’s wedding. Then he talks to a colleague and thinks better of it: «I screwed up. He called me desperate that he didn’t have the wedding money, I gave it to him and now I’m afraid he won’t give it back to me anymore. This evening I go to him, like every Tuesday, and try to understand if he has been making fun of me.” Because according to her he used the money to buy a gift for the “other” lover.
Instagram photos and the corruption of the soul
Then the friend she is talking to shows her some photos published on Instagram: her rival has a Cartier bracelet on her wrist. «Twelve thousand euros worth of bracelet! It’s the rose gold one. He must have given it to her for her birthday.” And again: «she bought it for him in Monaco, he bought it for her with the old man (Spinelli, ed), Safe. The old man is not a millionaire, he is a billionaire. (In Monte Carlo) Paolo wanted to take me for the first time. And instead he went with her. He got caught up in this life. When she invites him to Monte Carlo, he never says no. The other offers him everything and more. He pays beautician, hairdresser, cosmetic surgeon. I really want to say that this is the corruption of the soul.”
