The general manager of State-owned
company Sogei, Paolino Iorio, who was arrested Monday as part of
a major graft probe allegedly received bribes for over 100,000
euros, according to Rome prosecutors.
State attorneys requested the validation of his arrest on
Wednesday.
Iorio was arrested on Monday night together with a manager, who
was allegedly paying him a 15,000-euro bribe, as part of an
investigation coordinated by Rome prosecutors on corruption and
auction rigging charges over a series of public contracts which
concern Sogei and the ministries of defence and interior.
During a vast search operation carried out on Tuesday by finance
police which involved the 18 people under investigation over
calls for tender by Sogei and the defence and interior
ministries, investigators found "a huge quantity of documents
and data", sources close to the probe said Wednesday.
The managers under investigation include Andrea Stroppa, 30, who
is Elon Musk's "contact in Italy", investigators said.
Finance police seized Stroppa's electronic devices which will be
analysed along with the rest of the material, the sources added.
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