ANCONA Paola Formica remains firm in the trenches of Banca Marche‘s default. The lawyer from Civitanova is not relegated: in the trial for the hole of over 2 billion euros, which eliminated the Fontedamo institute from the local credit radar, she is one of the voices on the civil side.
The mocked
He represents Adusbef, the association in defense of users of banking and financial services, and around eighty of the 2,400 shareholders and bondholders swallowed up by that crash. Those mocked by the local bank, the one that should have had a friendly face. Formica does not undermine its positions. «I remain optimistic. I do not believe that the Court of Appeal will accept the request of the prosecutor’s office, which requested acquittal for four of the six defendants and conviction, but with a reduction in sentence, for the two main protagonists of the legal case, the former director general Massimo Bianconi and the former commercial director of Bdm and deputy general director of the market area, Stefano Vallesi”.
INSIGHTS
According to the lawyer, the reform of the first instance sentence will not pass, a counter-move determined by the role of Medioleasing. «The company controlled by Banca Marche – explains Formica – was never declared insolvent, but rather sold to third parties. Therefore, the crime of fraudulent bankruptcy could not be considered.” He overturns the theorem constructed by the prosecutor: “It is true that Medioleasing’s action led to the bankruptcy of Banca Marche.” He doesn’t give in: «I repeat: I am optimistic above all because the court has at its disposal documents, documents and examinations of the defendants, documents that leave no doubt about the weight of the defendants’ responsibilities». The voice remains loud and clear.
