Italian police on Tuesday
impounded a holiday home of former Palermo prosecutor Antonio
Ingroia in a graft probe.
The home was seized because the ex-magistrate did not have
enough in his bank account to pay for the seizure of 151,000
euros in the misappropriation probe linked to his spell as the
administrator and then liquidator of a Sicilian IT form.
Italian finance police on Friday seized the over 151,000
euros in assets from the high-profile former magistrate.
The investigation regards the role the former chief
prosecutor of Palermo had for Sicilia e Servizi, an agency
providing IT services for the region of Sicily.
Ingroia, who also had a brief and unsuccessful political
career, was a liquidator for the agency and then became its
administrator for a spell.
The assets seized are equivalent to a 117,000-euro payment
for Ingroia's duties as liquidator and around 34,000 in travel
and expense reimbursements - money that Ingroia was allegedly
not due, the sources said.
An auditor for the agency is also under investigation.
"I learned about the measure taken against me in the press,
even before I was notified," Ingroia said.
"My conscience is clear because I know I have always
respected the law, as I have already clarified and as I will
show in the competent forum".
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