Italy's supreme Cassation Court will
rule whether the trial of Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè for
aggravated fraud against INPS social security and pensions
agency on the lay-off fund during the COVID period in the
Visibilia case, the group founded by the ruling Brothers of
Italy (FdI) senator and from which she divested herself of
offices and shares in 2022, will remain in Milan or whether it
will be moved to Rome.
The Cassation will have to rule on the trial's territorial
jurisdiction after a decision taken by Milan preliminary
hearings judge (GUP) Tiziana Gueli, based on requests presented
by defence attorneys at the preliminary hearing, judicial
sources said Wednesday.
Santanchè and two other people, including her life partner
Dimitri Kunz, and two companies are accused of aggravated fraud
against INPS for drawing on COVID redundancy funds for staff at
her Visibilia group while they were in fact allegedly working.
Santanchè is also involved in other probes connected to
Visibilia, including alleged money laundering and alleged
fraudulent bankruptcy.
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