The prosecutor-general of the
Lombardy audit court said Friday he had opened a fresh probe
into alleged wrongdoing by Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala linked to
the 2015 Expo world's fair.
Former Expo CEO Sala and ex-Expo manager Angelo Parisi were
informed they were under investigation for allegedly defrauding
state coffers of 2.2 million euros in relation to the supply of
tree for the Universal Exposition, judicial sources said.
Earlier this month prosecutors requested that Sala be sent to
trial for alleged abuse of office during his previous position
as head of Milan Expo 2015.
The case regards the decision to task Mantovani spa with the
job of providing 6,000 trees for the event as part of the
Piastra dei Servizi contract.
Centre-left Mayor Sala is already on trial for alleged
falsehood in another case related to his job as Expo chief,
while a request has been made for a bid-rigging charge to be
dropped.
Sala has professed his innocence of all charges.
"My conscience is clear," he said.
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