Ex-PD Senator arrested in Puglia 'health scam'
Alberto Tedesco suspected of fraud, embezzlement, corruption
15 March, 11:08
(ANSA) - Bari, March 15 - A former Senator in the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD), Alberto Tedesco, was arrested Friday over
a suspected Puglia healthcare scam after his parliamentary
immunity elapsed with the opening of the new legislature in
Rome.Tedesco, a former health councillor in the southeastern Italian region, was placed under house arrest.
He is suspected of conspiracy, corruption, embezzlement, fraud and contract-rigging, police said.
Puglia Governor Nichi Vendola, leader of the leftwing SEL party and a key PD ally, was cleared in the case last month.
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