Finance police have seized an
additional 100,000 euros, money that allegedly stems from
bribes, from the home of the former general manager of
State-owned company Sogei, Paolino Iorio, investigative sources
said on Friday.
Iorio told police he was keeping the money at home after his
arrest on Monday night on corruption charges while he was
allegedly being illicitly paid 15,000 euros by a manager in
relation to a contract, the sources said.
Rome prosecutors have requested that the former general manager
be moved from house arrest to detention in prison for allegedly
cancelling videos from the last 15 days made by the security
cameras he has at home.
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 said they found "a huge quantity of
documents and data".
The managers under investigation include Andrea Stroppa, 30, who
is Elon Musk's "contact in Italy", investigators said.
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