(ANSA) - Milan, May 22 - The supreme Court of Cassation on
Wednesday acquitted Giuseppe Orsi, the former president of
defence and aerospace giant Finmeccanica, which has been renamed
Leonardo, of charges related to alleged bribes paid in exchange
for a 556-million-euro contract to sell 12 helicopters to the
Indian government.
Bruno Spagnolini, the former CEO of helicopters subsidiary
AgustaWestland, was also cleared as Italy's top court of appeal
upheld a January 2018 Milan appeals court verdict.
In December 2016 the Cassation ordered a repeat of the
initial appeals trial.
The two had been sentenced to four years six months and four
years respectively, for international corruption and fake
invoicing in the case.
Ex Finmeccanica chief Orsi cleared
Spagnolini acquitted too by Cassation Court