Corruption at Sogei: General Manager Iorio arrested in flagrante delicto. Elon Musk's contact person in Italy under investigation. The aims of the satellite project

On the orders of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, the Guardia di Finanza also carried out searches against, among others, the companies DigitalValue and Olidata for alleged corruption and obstructing the freedom of tenders in connection with various IT and telecommunications tendering procedures tendered by Sogei, the Ministry of the Interior-Department of Public Security, the Ministry of Defence and the Defence General Staff. DigitalValue and Olidata posted heavy losses on the stock market after the searches.

C'è anche Andrea Stroppa, classe '94, ritenuto, secondo quanto scrive la Gdf, il "referente di Elon Musk in Italia", tra le persone indagate dalla Procura di Roma nel procedimento che ha portato all'arresto del dg di Sogei, Paolino Iorio, e in cui si procede per corruzione e turbativa d'asta. In particolare, secondo quanto scrive la Gdf in una informativa citata nel decreto di perquisizione, il militare della Marina indagato, "nell'apprendere del progetto volto all'acquisizione da parte del Governo del sistema satellitare (Starlink ndr) realizzato e fornito da un noto gruppo statunitense, approfitta dello svolgimento presso il VI reparto di cui fa parte di una riunione sul tema per agganciare e contattare successivamente il referente italiano del Gruppo, Andrea Stroppa". NPK X / Andrea Stroppa +++ EDITORIAL USE ONLY +++

"We trust in the work of the competent authorities and are confident that the transparency of our actions will be clarified. We are at the complete disposal of the investigators and ready to provide all support'. These are the words of Cristiano Rufini, chairman of the Olidata Board of Directors, expressing the utmost confidence in the work of the judiciary and full willingness to cooperate at every stage of the investigations, certain of the company's correct actions.

Olidata reports that 'the judicial authorities are conducting investigations to verify the regularity of the public procedures awarded to Olidata and several other companies.

In the face of these verifications, President Rufini reiterated his firm willingness to actively cooperate with the institutions, trusting in a rapid resolution of the situation and full clarification of the circumstances under investigation.

An indictment of the investigation is dedicated to the alleged 'illicit' interests of Olidata. According to interceptions on the telephone number of Antonio Angelo Masala. The latter, according to the documents, 'on learning of the project aimed at the acquisition by the Italian government of the satellite system built and supplied' by Musk's group, 'took advantage of the fact that a meeting on the subject was being held at the VI Department (Systems c41I of the Defence General Staff) of which he was a member, in order to engage and subsequently contact Musk's Italian contact', Andrea Stroppa.

"In the course of the conversations it emerges that, on the one hand, Masala plans with" with Cristiano Rufini of Olidata "the inclusion of Olidata in the deal (and is concerned, in this regard, that the 0emersion of its direct interests within the company is avoided in any way) and, on the other hand, the carrying out of an undoubtedly unlawful activity of propagation for the benefit of Stroppa (and, through him, of his referents) of confidential information regarding decisions taken during ministerial meetings. This is symptomatic of an agreement concluded, or in the process of being concluded, in order to benefit Olidata and, through Masala and Rufini himself, the business that the group 'could conclude with the Italian administration, thanks to the illicit intervention of the public official'.

"Sogei expresses full confidence in the judiciary, to which it is lending total support, and declares itself indisputably extraneous to the facts. Should the contested facts be definitively ascertained, the company will declare itself to be an injured party and will protect itself in the competent venues".

"I would like to forcefully declare that I have nothing to do with the accusation that has recently been made against me by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Rome, which has alleged my involvement in an episode of corruption of an Italian Army officer". Andrea Stroppa, Elon Musk's contact person in Italy, told Ansa. "I want to clarify,' Stroppa explains, 'that all the relations I have maintained over time with public officials have always been marked by the utmost correctness and transparency. I have, moreover, from the outset provided full cooperation to the investigators, in the hope that my total extraneousness to the facts under investigation can be ascertained as soon as possible. Therefore,' he concludes, 'I continue my work with my usual seriousness.