The former vice president of
Serie B club Foggia has been arrested in a Milan mafia probe
into tax dodging, police said Monday.
Ruggiero Massimo Curci, an accountant who is currently Foggia
honorary VP, is accused of orchestrating a "huge" tax-dodging
and money laundering scheme, police said.
He allegedly received some 600,000 euros in illegal gains
from businessmen involved in the scheme, police said.
Police said about a dozen people were involved in the illicit
scheme.
Until May Curci controlled 50% of Foggia and was its vice
president.
As well as being a top accountant, he is also the owner of a
local TV station.
Foggia FC issued a statement saying that Curci had no role in
the club's management.
It said his title, honorary vice president, was only a
"symbolic" term used because of his past role.
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