Rome – The investigation into Francesco Totti , accused of failing to declare VAT, is nearing the end of its investigation : the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office has in fact submitted a request for the case against the former Roma captain to be dropped, following the conclusion of the investigation conducted by the Guardia di Finanza into his accounts.
The investigation concerned several advertising appearances by the former number 10, for which he allegedly did not open a VAT number , despite the commercials being a continuous activity for him. The initial debt amounted to a few thousand euros , but over the course of five years, between fines and interest , it had ballooned to 900 thousand euros.
The fact that Totti has paid his debt to the Treasury was crucial to the request for dismissal. In recent months, his lawyers, Gianluca Tognozzi and Antonio Conte , had submitted a defense brief to the magistrates, reconstructing the entire affair. Based on this documentation, the Prosecutor's Office decided to close the case, now entrusting the final decision to the Rome investigating judge.
It's interesting how Totti's situation was resolved this way, but there are many questions that remain unanswered. Why did it take five years to reach this conclusion? And the fines, were they fair?