Tax fraud case against Sgarbi dismissed in Rome

(ANSA) - ROME, SEP 24 - A preliminary hearings judge (GUP) in Rome Tuesday ruled to dismiss a tax fraud case against former culture undersecretary Vittorio Sgarbi and his partner Sabrina Colle.
    The art critic, represented by attorneys Giampaolo Cicconi and Manuel Varesi, was reported to have debts worth some 715,000 euros with the Revenue Agency.
    Prosecutors had requested a trial for Sgarbi in particular focusing on the purchase of a painting in 2020 at an auction, claiming his partner, represented by Milan lawyer Giuseppe Iannaccone, had bought it with money provided by a third person with the aim of evading Revenue Agency controls. (ANSA).