MACERATA Money disappears from municipal coffers, official ends up under the scrutiny of investigators. The Prosecutor’s Office hypothesizes the crimes of embezzlement and self-laundering against him. The investigation involving a municipal official from the Macerata hinterland was apparently triggered following a report which was then followed up with further investigation by the Guardia di Finanza of Camerino.
INSIGHTS
The sum
From what has emerged, the man, who works as an official in a municipality in the hinterland and has an external collaboration with another municipality still in the area of responsibility of finance, over the years would have withdrawn sums of money amounting to several thousand from the municipal coffers euros and then use them for personal purposes. For about five years, according to the hypothesis being examined by investigators, he would have stolen just under 200,000 euros of public money. The sums would have been paid into the official’s bank accounts (hence the hypothesis of embezzlement) and partly used to gamble (this is why the crime of self-laundering is hypothesized). Over time, however, someone would have noticed suspicious movements of money from public coffers and would have reported the circumstance.
The developments
The financiers, coordinated by the public prosecutor Enrico Barbieri, then carried out further investigations to ascertain the validity of the report both by checking the movements of money and by collecting testimonies and information. There is currently the strictest confidentiality regarding the matter, it seems that the official is also trying to return the money to the Municipalities.
