Centre-right Forza Italia (FI) MEP
Lara Comi was sentenced Monday to four years and two months in
Milan in the 'maxi trial' against more than 60 defendants in the
so-called 'Mensa dei poveri' (soup kitchen) kickbacks case.
The Fi exponent in November 2019 had ended up under house
arrest, later revoked, on charges of corruption, false invoicing
and fraud against the European Parliament.
Over 60 people were on trial in relation to alleged kickbacks in
Lombardy.
In total over 100 people were implicated in relation to a probe
into an alleged system of bribes, rigged public contracts and
appointments, and illegal party funding in Lombardy.
Also in the dock were former Milan city councillor and FI's
former Lombardy deputy coordinator Pietro Tatarella and
Lombardy councillor and fellow FI member Fabio Altitonante.
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