Movida and sports, the business of the director of Siae of Salerno

The investigators also have chats from the phones of Claudio Precious, the director of Siae of Salerno (now suspended) who ended up under investigation for corruption, for having become in fact the “promoter” of a Bologna-based company specializing in online ticketing services. Beyond the elements that led to the precautionary order of temporary interdiction for Preziosi and for Andrea Vitali of Bologna president of TicketSms and Omar Riahi, commercial director of the company, it is therefore probable that other close relationships that the representative of the Italian Society of Editors and Authors would have had with the company will emerge from those conversations “Salerno good”the one that counts in the city.

A very well-known man, Preziosi, and to whom it cannot be excluded that many have turned to ask for tickets for theater shows, demonstrations, musical events, soccer matches. A man of connections who had the ability to call on the phone with extreme ease many important people of the city and the province and have conversations with them in a friendly tone. From the examination of these chats, as well as of the intercepted phone calls, a way could open up that would reveal a system of mutual favors.

The “nudges” of the director. Preziosi, according to the accusation, would have induced or attempted to induce the owners of various venues to leave the electronic ticketing companies with which they had dealings to stipulate contracts with the TicketSms of Bologna of Vitali and Riahi. Some people interested in the management of well-known venues in Salerno recall, for example, that Preziosi had issued a report against their company in 2021, then notified in November 2023in the same month in which they decided to rely on TicketSms: from the moment they had stipulated agreements with the Bolognese company, they would not have received any further checks specific by the “director” of Siae who, however, very often went to their evenings to check access. The owner of one of the most “in” clubs in Salerno did not appreciate Preziosi’s presence because he assumed an arrogant attitude during the checks. The Siae representative, for example, went behind the cloakroom to personally collect the jackets of some customers who, according to him, were the children of his friends, without paying anything. Preziosi, according to another testimony transcribed by the Carabinieri of the investigative unit who conducted the investigations, also told a collaborator of a club that he would not let him take his university exams.

The beach resort business. The manager was everywhere. In addition to the discos and events that were organized in Salerno, he was also interested in offering the usual Bologna ticket office to the beach resorts to manage the rental of umbrellas online, taking the service away from the Salerno company that would then report him, starting the investigation. An activity that earned the company four euros for each umbrella booked and therefore had to be stopped, because it was expanding on the beach resorts beyond measure. A business that could have interested Ticket-Sms. From soccer to volleyball. The Salerno prosecutor’s office has repeatedly dwelt on the fact that Preziosi had his sights set on soccer matches to be managed in advance by the usual Bologna company. But on July 11 of last year, the representative of Siae went to the Emilian capital for an important meeting with the Volleyball League. The whole thing was aimed at getting TicketSms to manage volleyball match tickets.

The “director” of Siae communicates to his friends in Bologna that he would have tried to conclude the same type of deal with basketball too, thanks to his vaunted friendships with the president Gianni Petrucci, current president of Federbasket, who also joined the Board of Directors of Salernitana. Preziosi would have had the aim of even entering the Superleague, the European basketball competitions. The defense at the Review Court. Preziosi has already been heard during the investigations and has professed his innocence. After the precautionary measure, his lawyer, John Annunziata, announces: «We are preparing the appeal against the precautionary interdiction measure ordered by the investigating judge. We will also present a documentary production, as well as defense activities that we will prepare in the next few days, capable of providing the judicial authority with a version that is totally alternative to the one proposed so far by the investigating authority».