There was very little in the office and on construction sites. Someone went to the supermarket, or to shops. The coffee breaks were endless. Someone just didn’t show up, there was always a friend ready to swipe the badge in his place. Someone, on the other hand, was passing by the office, dressed as a perfect runner: in a rush he came and stamped, in a rush he went away. The shots made by the financiers of the Palermo economic and financial police unit revealed the maxi deception of the absenteeists. This morning, 28 precautionary measures were taken for a group of municipal employees who were based at the Zisa cultural sites: there are 11 employees, three builders from “Coime” and 14 workers from “Reset”, the company that deals with maintenance and care of the green. The deputy prosecutor Sergio Demontis and the substitute Maria Pia Ticino contest the accusations of fraud against a public body and false attestation of presence on duty. Eight ended up under house arrest: Dario Falzone, Antonio Cusimano, Gaspare Corona, Mario Parisi, Francesco Paolo Magnis, Salvatore Barone, Giancarlo Nocilla and Tommaso Lo Presti, Reset worker who is under investigation for mafia association in another investigation. Fourteen employees were instead subjected to the obligation of residence, 6 will have to report periodically to the barracks to sign. The precautionary custody order was issued by the investigating judge Rosario Di Gioia.
Absenteeism, triggered the blitz on the Municipality of Palermo. Eight employees under house arrest, 43 under investigation
Says General Antonio Quintavalle Cecere, the provincial commander of the Guardia di Finanza: “The investigative activity has revealed the existence of an extremely widespread illicit phenomenon within the public structure of the city, a modus operandi that has become chronic to the point of being considered like normal behavior “.
The checks went on for three months, between May and August 2018. “The investigation documented about 1000 cases of infidelity in the attestation of timetables – says Colonel Gianluca Angelini, the commander of the economic and financial police unit of Palermo – we have recorded the false reporting of about 2,500 hours of service that have never actually been given to the Municipality of Palermo. offered to citizenship “. The cameras caught an employee passing his badge to his colleague hospitalized as well.
The residence obligation was notified to Isidoro Chianello (he is the father of Angela da Mondello, the lady who became famous for the phrase “There is no Covid), Fabiola Selvaggio, Giuseppe Muliello, Silvana Caravello, Massimo Pipi, Rosaria Gebbia , Francesco Caruso, Salvatore Consiglio, Salvatore Reina, Francesco Paolo Tinervia, Massimo Vesco, Mario Nuccio, Davide Nuccio, Life of Help.
Duty to sign for Antonino Muratore, Maria Angela Di Carlo, Filippo Pecoraro, Marina Megna, Francesco Madonia and Francesco Ferraro. There are also 15 other suspects.
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