Top Naples businessman Alfredo
Romeo was indicted for corruption in the southern Italian city
on Wednesday.
The businessman was sent to trial in a case involving his
contracts, judicial sources said.
The trial starts on April 10 in Naples.
Also indicted was Romeo's aide Ivan Russo.
Romeo is at the centre of a probe involving civil-service
procurement agency CONSIP, which also involves ex-premier and
Democratic Party leader Matteo Renzi's father Tiziano and Sports
Minister Luca Lotti.
Last month Rome prosecutors requested a six-month extension
for their probe into Tiziano Renzi, over alleged wrongdoing
related to CONSIP.
Tiziano Renzi is being probed for alleged influence-peddling
in the case.
In all, sources said, the extension has been asked for 11
people.
They also include Carabinieri Commander-in-Chief General
Tullio Del Sette, and the former commander of the Tuscany
Carabinieri, Emanuele Saltalamacchia.
The same extension has been asked for Sports Minister Lotti,
for allegedly tipping off CONSIP chief Luigi Marroni there was a
probe into the agency.
An extension was also asked for Romeo, suspected of paying
CONSIP a large bribe.
Others for whom an extension was asked include: businessman
Carlo Russo, a former MP in ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's
now-defunct People of Freedom (PdL) party; former PdL MP and
ex-Romeo consultant Italo Bocchino; Grandi Stazioni CEO Silvio
Gizzi; former CONSIP managers Domenico Casalino, Luigi Ferrara
and Francesco Licci; and the president of Pubbliacqua, a
Florence municipally controlled water utility, Filippo Vannoni.
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