Sampdoria Chairman Massimo Ferrero has
been arrested by finance police in relation to a probe by
prosecutors in the southern city of Paola into alleged corporate
and bankruptcy felonies, sources said Monday.
The Genoa-based Serie A club is not implicated in the case, the
sources said.
Ferrero a businessman and cinema producer, was arrested in Milan
and has been taken to San Vittore jail, according to the
sources.
Five other people probed in relation to the case have been put
under house arrest, the sources said.
These included Ferrero's daughter Vanessa and his grandson
Giorgio..
The case regards the bankruptcy a few years ago of four
companies based in the Calabrian province of Cosenza in the
hotel, tourism and cinema sectors, the sources said.
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