A Sicilian prosecutor has
recommended the indictment of the head of Palermo university's
cardiology school, Salvatore Novo, and the university's
assistant head, Giacomo de Leo, on charges of rigging the
appointment of Novo's daughter as a cardiology researcher.
Professor Novo and de Leo, who was formerly head of the
university's medicine faculty, are under investigation on
charges including fraud in connection with the alleged rigging
of a public competition for the job given to Novo's daughter
Giuseppina in 2005, judicial sources said.
Also requested for indictment in the case is Alberto
Balbarini, a lecturer in cardiovascular diseases at Pisa
University who was on the selection board for the appointment.
The inquiry was opened by magistrates in Bari as part of a
probe into rigged job competitions in faculties at several
universities around Italy.
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