The president of the
lower-tier Potenza Calcio soccer club, a general-election
candidate for the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement (M5S), has
been placed under investigation in a Siena probe into suspected
money laundering, three Italian dailies reported Friday.
Salvatore Caiata, an M5S candidate in Basilicata, owns
several assets including bars and the noted Campo eatery in the
Tuscan city, Corriere della Sera, La Stampa and Il Messaggero
reported.
The probe regards cash paid on contracts on the bars and
restaurants, the dailies said.
"If the accusations against Caiata are confirmed then we
won't make any exceptions" in ejecting him, the M5S said on
Facebook.
Caiata said Friday he was innocent but was suspending himself
from the M5S.
M5S premier candidate Luigi Di Maio announced that Caiata had
been excluded from the movement because of his "omissions".
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