(ANSA) - Genoa, February 5 - Prosecutors in the Ligurian
coastal city of Genoa asked that former Northern League leader
Umberto Bossi and ex-party treasurer Francesco Belsito be sent
to trial on charges related to allegations of embezzlement and
fraud against the State to a total of 40 million euros.
The scandal involving alleged irregularities in
documentation to obtain reimbursements for electoral spending
forced Bossi, founder of the regionalist League, to quit in
April 2012.
Prosecutors also asked that three other top party officials
be sent to trial in the same case, which was originally handled
by prosecutors in Milan before being transferred to Genoa for
territorial competence.
Prosecutors ask court to send Bossi to trial
League founder one of five to be suspected of fraud