Lorena Lidia Pagani, the
"co-habiting companion" of Northern League Lombardy regional
councillor Fabio Rizzi "acted as a frontman for the recipt of
kickbacks on his behalf," a preliminary investigations judge who
signed an arrest warrant against the pair on Tuesday wrote.
Pagani and Rizzi were arrested in relation to a probe into
alleged corruption in the outsourcing of hospital dentistry
services in the northern region.
Silvia Bonfiglio, "co-habiting companion" of Rizzi's
staffer Mario Longo, also allegedly performed a similar role,
"issuing invoices for non-existent consultancies to Servicedent
and assuming the role of partner and sole administrator of
Spectre srl, a company linked to Longo and Rizzi," according to
the judge.
In total 21 people were arrested or otherwise cautioned on
Tuesday in a probe into allegedly illegally won contracts worth
over 400 million euros.
The scandal has led to calls for Lombardy Governor Roberto
Maroni to resign.
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