(ANSA) - Campobasso, July 20 - European Affairs Minister
Paolo Savona is under investigation in a Campobasso probe into
banking usury when he was a top manager at Italy's biggest bank
Unicredit, sources said Friday.
The probe involved another 22 people, judicial sources said.
They include former banker Alessandro Profumo, now CEO of
aerospace giant Leonardo, and Fabio Gallia, CEO and general
manager of government bank Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP).
A lawyer for alleged usury victim Engineering SrL, Luigi
Iosa, told ANSA that the notification was "a formality" because
bank chiefs have to be probed for their "role of guarantee and
control".
Asked whether Savona should resign, Deputy Premier Luigi Di
Maio said "it's a probe we already knew about".
Therefore, he said, Savona should not be forced to quit.
Savona probed for banking usury
'Formality' for former manager of Unicredit