The State attorney's office in the
Puglia city of Bari is investigating a former employee of Intesa
Sanpaolo bank who allegedly "illicitly" accessed nearly 7,000
times the bank accounts of VIP clients including Premier Giorgia
Meloni, her former partner, journalist Andrea Giambruno, and
Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa, according to a report published
on Thursday by daily newspaper Domani.
The ex-employee allegedly violated sensitive data by illicitly
accessing and monitoring the bank accounts of thousands of
clients also including Meloni's sister Arianna, head of the
secretariat of her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, Defence
Minister Guido Crosetto, Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè ,
National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Giovanni Melillo and members of
the military, among others, the report said.
The probe on the employee, who was fired by the bank on August
8, is ongoing.
The daily newspaper reported that prosecutors are trying to
determine why he looked into such a large number of accounts,
monitoring sensitive information, between February 21, 2022, and
April 24, 2024.
The probe focuses in particular on over 3,500 clients with
portfolios of 679 Intesa Sanpaolo branches across Italy, per the
report.
Also violated were the accounts of the governors of Puglia and
Veneto, respectively Michele Emiliano and Luca Zaia, Trani
prosecutor, Renato Nitti, as well as Carabinieri and finance
police officers, Domani reported.
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