A bill mandating greater transparency
in charity initiatives after influencer Chiara Ferragni was
probed for fraud in relation to several alleged charity products
she endorsed will set fines of up to 50,000 euros, according to
a draft to be put to cabinet later this week.
The antitrust authority would be in charge of levying the fines.
The draft outlines an obligation to indicate on the products the
purpose of the proceeds and the recipient of the charity, the
amount or share intended for that purpose, and sanctions from
5,000 to 50,000 euro, with the possibility of suspending the
activity for one year in the case of repeated violations.
Premier Giorgia Meloni said Monday the government would frame a
new charity transparency law in light of Ferragni's alleged
fraud over a supposedly charity pandoro Christmas cake, Easter
eggs and a girls' doll she endorsed while allegedly pocketing
millions.
Meloni told a Berlusconi channel that "we are making (a bill) so
that in commercial activities with also a charitable purpose, on
the packaging of what you sell you have to specify who the
resources go to, what they go for, and how much is actually
destined for charity".
She said the Ferragni affair "has shown that there is a hole in
terms of transparency in the regulation of commercial activities
that also have a charitable purpose. "Whether wanted or not, one
can now run into (the hole)."
Ferragni, half of Italy's premier celebrity couple with rapper
Fedez, denies wrongdoing.
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