Leonida Rossi, the
78-year-old Italian-Swiss broker under investigation by
prosecutors in Milan and Lugano over a 50-million-euro shortfall
in the accounts of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor (OFM),
has committed suicide, judicial sources said Thursday.
He was found hanged in his home, the sources said.
Rossi allegedly received funds from OFM's treasurer, Friar
Giancarlo Lati, to invest in Switzerland, but then withheld both
the capital and interest proceeds.
The OFM General Curia filed charges with the Lugano
federal prosecutor's office, which ordered a series of searches
and seizures.
Rossi was under investigation for improper financial
practice.
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