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Corruption, former Sogei CEO: 'You must give me the money'. The role in Polo strategico nazionale spa, participated by Tim

The proceedings on Paolino Iorio. The soliloquies in the car. The role in the company Polo strategico nazionale spa, participated by Tim

19 October 2024

3' min read

The deletion of videos from the security camera in his flat in the heart of Rome cost former Sogei CEO Paolino Iorio, who was arrested on Monday evening in Rome while he was pocketing a €15,000 bribe from entrepreneur Massimo Rossi, former director of Italware and Itd Solution (Digital Value Group).

Deleted tests

The Prosecutor's new charge, a real twist, emerged during the validation hearing before the gip. Prosecutors Lorenzo Del Giudice and Gianfranco Gallo, who had initially called for the manager to be put under house arrest, said that checks had revealed that the last 15 days of video footage from the cameras that Iorio had placed in his home for personal security had been deleted. The discovery was made as part of a new house search during which the Guardia di Finanza, precisely on the recommendation of the same suspect, found hidden in a wardrobe over 100,000 euro, the proceeds of bribes. This is precisely the amount of money that, according to the magistrates, Iorio would have illicitly received from the entrepreneur with whom he had, since February 2023, meetings twice a month. For the investigators, the manager wanted to erase the evidence, hence the request to aggravate the precautionary measure. For the gip, in the precautionary requirements crystallised in the order, there is the 'concrete risk of reiteration of the crime and probative pollution'.

Iorio, the leadership role in Sogei

Last Monday, Iorio was arrested in Rossi's flat while pocketing an alleged €15,000 bribe. Until last Thursday, Iorio was the director general of Sogei, the general information technology company wholly owned by the Ministry of the Economy.

Sogei operates in the field of information technology and IT security for the public administration. Mr. Iorio played a key role in the decision-making and strategic process, being special prosecutor and director of engineering, data centre infrastructure, as well as general business director since 28 March. Assignments that placed him at the top of the chain of command, alongside the CEO. In addition

Iorio is a director of Polo strategico nazionale spa, a legal entity owned by Tim, Cdp Equity and Sogei.

"You must give me the money on Wednesday"

The alleged illicit dealings between Iorio and Rossi began in 2023. The documents reveal telephone and environmental interceptions on which clarification is being sought. Emblematic are the 'soliloquies' that the former Sogei CEO had in his car. "On Wednesday, he must give me the money (...) 15, 20 thousand (...) four packets so 20, at least 20'. It is a statement picked up by the financiers of the provincial command of Rome and the Nucleo Valutario.

Other intercepted conversations show how the money had at least an opaque origin. The investigators in the capital believe that Rossi set up the money supply with which to pay the alleged bribes through a system of false invoices. On 20 November 2023, Rossi himself explained to Iorio that 'I was not handed over, I forgot to warn you'. The affirmation was not taken well by the then director general, so much so that the following day, talking to himself in the car, he said 'this guy can't do this shit to me, he brings 20,000 euro, what the fuck am I going to do with 20,000 euro'.

Where the money collected actually ended up is unclear. The Guardia di Finanza is lighting a fire under a person, S.S.

Ivan Cimmarustigiornalista
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