Carabinieri police on Monday
arrested 13 local council employees in the Puglia city of Foggia
in relation to a probe into absenteeism dating to early 2015.
A further seven employees were suspended from duty.
The suspects, one of whom is a manager, all face charges of
fraud against the state.
In the probe Carabinieri filmed the employees taking turns
to swipe the magnetic attendance badges of absentee colleagues,
up to as many as 10 badges at a time.
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