Prosecutors on Monday ordered
the finance police to seize all records of expenses resigning
Mayor Ignazio Marino made using the city's credit card.
The investigation was sparked by a formal report from two
opposition parties - the small rightwing Brothers of Italy (FdI)
and the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement, currently the
second-largest party in Italy after Marino's Democratic Party
(PD).
The mayor, who is to hand in his formal resignation today,
could face embezzlement charges if evidence is found to support
opposition allegations he spent some 20,000 euros of taxpayers'
money on private dinners.
Investigators are also looking into why the limit on the
mayor's city-issued credit card, which is supposed to be used
for diplomacy and public relations, was raised from 10,000 to
50,000 euros.
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