Designer Valentino, comic and
director Carlo Verdone and TV host Barbara D'Urso are among the
first 100 Italians named as holding offshore accounts to
allegedly dodge taxes according to a Panama Papers article that
will appear in newsweekly l'Espresso Friday, the online version
of the weekly said Thursday.
D'Urso was said to be a director of the Melrose Street Ltd
company, registered in 2006 in the Seychelles, while Verdone was
said to be owner of Athilith Real Estate and Valentino, together
with his partner Giancarlo Giammetti, was linked to two
companies in the Virgin Islands, Jarra Overseas and Paramour
Finance.
All three, through their lawyers, flatly denied any
wrongdoing.
European Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici
said Thursday "the revelations have shocked me, it's immoral,
unethical, unacceptable, and the amounts of money are shocking".
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