Corruption: there are also representatives of law enforcement, organized crime, entrepreneurs and several public administrators of Sma Campania in the police and Guardia di Finanza investigation that led to the issuing of 16 precautionary measures in Campania.
Among them is Lorenzo Di Domenico, acting general manager of SMA, accused of accepting a bribe of 7% of the agreed-upon amount for the improper assignment, through emergency procedures, of the sludge disposal at the Naples North, Marcianise, Succivo, and Regi Lagni treatment plants. Di Domenico has been placed under house arrest. Also implicated in the corruption incidents spanning 2017 and 2018 is Luigi Riccardi (coordinator of the SMA Campania treatment plants, director of the Naples East treatment plant, and at the time of the events also of the Marcianise treatment plant in the province of Caserta). The investigating judge has ordered house arrest for him, and he is among the recipients of the 16 precautionary measures notified today by the State Police and the Guardia di Finanza. House arrest was also ordered for Errico Foglia (director of the Acerra wastewater treatment plant, managed by SMA at the time); engineer Giacomo Perna (head of maintenance at SMA); Campania Regional Director Lucio Varriale; and Agostino Chiatto, also an SMA employee and secretary to politician Luciano Passariello. The crimes alleged by investigators include, to varying degrees, corruption, money laundering, environmental pollution, issuing invoices for non-existent transactions, and fraudulent transfer of assets.
Salvatore Abbate, Salvatore Tedesco and Giuseppe Savino are arrested; Rolando Abbate and Cristina Abate, but also Michele Furino, Abramo Maione, Vittorio Porcini, Luigi Riccardi, Vincenzo Riccardi, and Giuseppe Auletta are under house arrest. Domenico Boenzi and Domenico Sabatino are suspended for six months. Among those under investigation is also Vittorio Porcini, esteemed deputy commissioner in Ponticelli, who is charged with revealing secrets in favor of Abbate (a person believed to be close to local criminal circles), in exchange for alleged favors or other benefits. Porcini is under house arrest and will have the opportunity to demonstrate the validity of his version, during the continuation of the investigation, together with the other suspects. In the documents of the investigation conducted against Sma, a sum of money was found so large that it was transported with a trolley.
Former regional councilor Luciano Passariello is under investigation as part of the inquiry. At the same time, seizures of properties, companies and cash worth over 4 million euros are underway. The prosecutors had requested Passariello's arrest as part of the inquiry into the management of the purification system in Campania. However, the investigating judge did not find any serious evidence of responsibility. The position of his political secretary, Agostino Chiatto, who was an employee of Sma, is more serious.
Precautionary measure of detention in prison, for:
1. ABBATE Salvatore, born in Naples on 29.03.1968, for the crimes pursuant to art. 319 – 321 – 648 bis and 512 bis of the Criminal Code;
2. SAVINO Giuseppe, born in Naples on 29.02.1976, for crimes pursuant to art. 648 ter of the Criminal Code – art. 8 of Legislative Decree 74/2000 and 512 bis of the Criminal Code;
3. TELESCO Salvatore, born in San Giorgio a Cremano (NA) on 29.12.1989, for the crime pursuant to art. 648 bis of the Criminal Code.
Precautionary measure of house arrest, for:
4. ABATE Cristina, born in Naples on 11.12.1959, for the crimes pursuant to art. 648 bis and 512 bis of the Criminal Code;
5. ABBATE Rolando, born in Cercola (NA) on 29.06.1987, for the crimes pursuant to art. 319, 321 and 512 bis of the Criminal Code;
6. AULETTA Giuseppe, born in Mugnano (NA) on 03.07.1987, for the crimes pursuant to art. 8 Legislative Decree 74/2000 and 512 bis of the Criminal Code;
7. CHIATTO Agostino, born in Naples on 07.03.1967, for crimes under articles 319 and 321 of the Criminal Code;
8. DI DOMENICO Lorenzo, born in Naples on 17.06.1967, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319 and 321 of the Criminal Code;
9. FOGLIA Errico, born in Pozzuoli (NA) on 14.02.1959, for the crimes pursuant to art. 319, 321 and 452 bis of the Criminal Code;
10. FURINO Michele, born in Naples on 27.12.1974, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319 and 321 of the Criminal Code;
11. MAIONE Abramo, born in Naples on 20.09.1956, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319 and 321 of the Criminal Code;
12. PERNA Giacomo, born in Naples on 27.04.1963, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319 and 321 of the Criminal Code;
13. PORCINI Vittorio, born in Naples on 22.06.1962, for the crimes pursuant to art. 319 – 379 – 610
and 615 ter cp;
14. RICCARDI Luigi, born in Cercola on 07.06.1966, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319, 321 and 452 bis of the Criminal Code;
15. RICCARDI Vincenzo, born in Naples on 12.09.1994, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319, 321 and 512 bis of the Criminal Code;
16. VARRIALE Lucio, born in Naples on 04.06.1952, for the crimes pursuant to articles 319 and 321 of the Criminal Code.
Measure of suspension from the exercise of the public function held for a period of six months, for:
17. BOENZI Domenico, born in Acerra (NA) on 27.11.1967, for the crime pursuant to art. 314 of the Criminal Code;
18. SABATINO Domenico, born in Marigliano (NA) on 30.08.1964, for the crimes pursuant to art. 379 and 610 of the Criminal Code
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Under house arrest #LorenzoDiDomenico, general director "pro tempore" of #SMACampania but also #VittorioPorcini, manager of the Ponticelli police station
- Corruption: The investigation also includes representatives of law enforcement, organized crime, businessmen, and several public administrators from SMA Campania...
- Among them is Lorenzo Di Domenico, the acting general manager of SMA, accused of accepting the promise of a bribe…
- House arrest has been ordered for Di Domenico.
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