Former Ligurian governor Giovanni Toti is under investigation again . This time for fraud against the state, together with the regional councilor for civil protection Giacomo Giampedrone .
The affair, according to what was reported by Secolo XIX online, concerns a contract , first as a co.co.co and then as an employee, made with public money to Davide Marselli, manager of the San Marco beach resort in Ameglia, which Giampedrone and Toti frequent, according to the accusation, for free.
The case was opened in La Spezia in conjunction with the investigation that a year ago had led to the then president of the Region, who later resigned, being placed under house arrest for corruption.
According to the La Spezia prosecutor's office, Marselli never carried out the tasks for which he was hired . In recent weeks, the folder was sent to Genoa and ended up on the desk of prosecutor Andrea Ranalli. Prosecutor Elisa Loris had acquired various documents and interviewed regional managers and officials. According to the prosecution, Marselli earned over 80 thousand euros gross .
According to the Guardia di Finanza, it is a sum that compensates for how much Giampedrone and Toti "saved" to frequent the establishment and the restaurant for free .
"With reference to the rumors about the investigation - commented Toti's lawyer, Stefano Savi - my client is literally shocked . Every presence of Toti and his family at the beach resort, which has been used for a very long time, and in recent years increasingly sporadically, was regularly paid by Toti himself or by a family member. It seems strange that the payments, mostly made with traceable instruments, were not found given the amount of investigations that involved him".
"As for the political support activity - added Toti - for which Marselli was paid, I believe it was carried out with scrupulousness as well as passion and was known to all . Moreover, the position of political staff covered by Marselli with a contract deemed regular by the Region, puts him in the same situation as dozens of other people with a similar contract. It is not clear what the peculiarity of this relationship is, other than that of being employed by Giampedrone and a friend of Toti".
(Online Union)
