Prosecutors in the southern city
of Salerno on Tuesday sought the indictment of the former
president of Monte dei Paschi di Siena bank, Giuseppe Mussari;
ex-Siena mayor Franco Ceccuzzi; the former chairman of the Lower
House finance committee Paolo Del Mese; and 11 board members of
Banca della Campania bank in connection with the bankruptcy of
Antonio Amato pasta makers.
They must answer allegations of colluding in bankruptcy
fraud in the February 2010 default of the family-owned
pasta-maker.
Founded in 1958, it employed 140 people at the time it went
under.
The company has since been auctioned off to Di Martino
pasta makers for an estimated 13 million euros, saving employee
jobs.
Preliminary hearings begin May 15, court sources said.
The 14 defendants are liable for fraudulent bankruptcy as
part of the investigation of the crash of pasta Amato. The
suspects will appear before the preliminary hearing judge of the
Court of Salerno, Vincenzo Di Florio, on 15 May.
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