(ANSA) - Rome, November 10 - Rome prosecutors opened an
investigation Monday after Mayor Ignazio Marino charged someone
"manipulated and falsified" his data in the city's computerized
list of permits to drive in the city center.
Eight 80-euro fines were slapped on Marino's car after he
allegedly forgot to renew the permit.
But the mayor says someone deleted from the system his
authorization to drive his red Fiat Panda to work while his
permit was being renewed.
The incident came to light after opposition New Centre
Right (NCD) Senator Andrea Augelio accused authorities of
"freezing" the fines as a favor to the center-left mayor, who
has incensed many by extending pedestrian zones in Rome's
historic center.
The city replied that it is normal practice for such fines
to be suspended pending a self-defense motion by the citizen who
got fined.
Probe into Rome mayoral data hacker
Marino charged his data was "falsified"