The Florence Court of Appeal acquitted "because the fact does not constitute a crime" Tiziano Renzi and his wife Laura Bovoli in the trial for false invoices. The Apulian entrepreneur Luigi Dagostino, “the king of the outlets”, was sentenced, but with the sentence reduced to nine months.
The Attorney General had requested the confirmation of the sentences imposed in the first instance in October 2019 : 1 year and 9 months for the Renzi spouses and two years for Dagostino, also accused of aggravated fraud.
But the judges of the third section accepted the request of the defenders of the parents of the former premier and current leader of Italia Viva.
At the heart of the proceedings is a series of invoices paid by the Renzi companies in 2015 : one for 20 thousand euros from the "Party" and the other for 140 thousand euros from "Eventi6", both for consultancy to companies referable to Dagostino. of feasibility for a restaurant business and increase customers in The Mall outlet in Valdarno.
"Two years ago I was sentenced to 22 months in prison but I have never dealt with administration, only commercial", Renzi's defense. "The law is the same for everyone, even for those called Renzi. I have never made false invoices in my life - Bovoli's words -. My husband Tiziano does not understand anything in administration. I take full responsibility for the 20 thousand invoice. euro from 'Party srl' for a very specific job that should have developed, that is to attract customers to the little-frequented shops in the The Mall outlet. This project never went all the way because, thanks to the mud thrown by the press, I was forced to close the company. My son, then at Palazzo Chigi, told me to close the company. And so I did. But after 30 years of work - he concluded - could I have ruined myself for 20 thousand euros? ".
(Unioneonline / D)
