Ex Leonardo director probed in cyber snooping case

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 28 - A former director at defence and aerospace giant Leonardo has been placed under investigation in a major Milan probe into an alleged gang of cyber spies that hacked into police data bases to glean information and compile dossiers on business, political and entertainment figures, judicial sources said Monday.
    The ex director of the group formerly known as Finmeccanica, Pierfrancesco Barletta, held a 5% stake in the investigation company, Equalize, at the centre of the probe.
    He is now deputy president of Milan airport company SEA.
    Police said Barletta had commissioned two dossiers from the alleged gang, while also being himself the target of another dossier.
    Equalize is owned by Milan Fair Foundation President Enrico Pazzali and run by former super cop Carmine Gallo, the two alleged ringleaders of the suspected snooping gang. (ANSA).