Spy gang made 'over 3 mn in illegal profits' says DDA

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 28 - A suspected computer snooping gang allegedly led by former top police officer Carmine Gallo and Milan Fair Foundation President Enrico Pazzali that got confidential information mostly on business, as well as political and showbusiness figures is believed to have made a total of over 3.1 million euros in "illicit profits", according to the Milanese anti-mafia investigative directorate DDA.
    In particular, the Equalize company involved in stealing confidential data from police data bases, earned an estimated 2.3 million, said the DDA prosecutor leading the probe, Francesco De Tommasi.
    The group revolved around the company Equalize of Pazzali, president of Fondazione Fiera Milano, who is under investigation, one of two alleged ringleaders in the organisation along with ex supercop Gallo, who has been placed under house arrest. (ANSA).