The president of Sampdoria Massimo ferrero, was arrested in Milan by the Guardia di Finanza and taken to San Vittore prison as part of an investigation by the public prosecutor's office of Paola, in Calabria, for corporate crime and bankruptcy. According to reports from Ansa, the blucerchiati club would not be involved in the investigations which instead would concern the bankruptcy of four companies in the hotel, tourism and cinematographic sector based in the province of Cosenza.
Shortly after the arrest, Ferrero himself resigned from the presidency of Sampdoria, the company said in a statement. "Massimo Ferrero, precisely to better protect the interests of the other activities in which he operates – we read -, and in particular to isolate any specious speculation of the incidence of a so much with respect to UC Sampdoria and the world of football, intends to formalize his resignation from the corporate offices of which he has held up to now". The club stressed that the events of the investigation "are completely independent" of the club and the Roman activities related to cinema, main activities of the entrepreneur.
Together with Ferrero, his daughter Vanessa was also arrested, accused of the same bankruptcy crime of which her father is accused, and Giorgio's nephew, both placed under house arrest. Among the recipients of the provision of the investigating judge of the court of Paola there would be three other people, including two managers. Searches were carried out in various regions, including Lombardy, Lazio, Campania, Basilicata and Calabria.
The Ferrero's lawyer, Pina Tenga, presented a request to the magistrates so that Ferrero could be transferred to Rome to allow him to assist in the search and proceed with the opening of a safe inside a house.
