(ANSA) - Milan, November 6 - Marco Tronchetti Provera has
been acquitted by a Milan appeals court on charges of receiving
stolen goods in a case dating back to 2004 in which the Kroll
investigative agency was a victim of hacking.
Tronchetti Provera, who is now the CEO of Pirelli, had
declined the opportunity to see the case timed out, saying he
wanted to clear his name.
It was the third time the case was heard at the appeals-court
level after two acquittals were scrubbed by the supreme Court of
Cassation.
The case regarded Telecom Italia data obtained by a team led
by the company's former security chief Giuliano Tavaroli which
illegally hacked Kroll to get key information used to snoop on
rival firms.
Tronchetti Provera headed Telecom Italia from 2001 to 2006.
"I've pulled off a hat-trick," Tronchetti Provera said.
"I was always confident the truth would emerge".
Kroll case: Tronchetti Provera acquitted
Third time case been heard at appeals level