Case databases: “A gigantic market of confidential information” with “entrepreneurial dimension” in the acquisition of information. He explained it Giovanni Melillo, national anti-mafia prosecutor, in the press conference on the investigation by the Milan DDA and the DNA. Melillo spoke of an "alarming affair". Thousands of information were taken from the national strategic databases. The investigations yesterday led to 6 precautionary measures. Among others, those under investigation are: Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, one of the sons of the owner of Luxottica, and Matteo Arpe.
And so, at the centre of the investigation by the Milan DDA and the Varese Carabinieri which involves among others the president of the Fondazione Fiera Milano, Henry Pazzali, and the retired former super cop Carmine Gallo, confidential news on the world of business and economics. Among those spied on, Letizia Moratti, Paul Scaroni e John Gorno Tempini.
"We are not safe. We must align ourselves with the technology available to crime," said the Minister of Justice Carlo Nordio.
Theft of sensitive data, accusations and suspects
In the investigation by the Milan DDA and the National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor's Office on the fsensitive data collision from databases Among others, those under investigation are: Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, who allegedly asked for and obtained information on his brothers for inheritance reasons and on his then girlfriend, a model and actress, Jessica Michel Serfaty and his right arm Mark Talarico. And still under investigation are Matteo Arpe and the brother Fabio for unauthorized access to the Alessandria branch of Bpm bank; the CEO of Bank Profile, Fabio Candeli – with the institute they lead they say they are “certain to demonstrate their lack of involvement in the facts” – and finally also Fulvio Pravadelli, the former Publitalia employee and general director of the Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo, who, according to the accusation, had the singer-songwriter "spyed" Alex Britti due to the separation from his daughter.
Theft of sensitive data, clients and spied on
On the client front, according to the prosecution, in addition to legal and professional firms, the group also Getting very, through four of its managers who are also under investigation, and the Barilla, with the security manager under investigation. In both cases, the data collected concerns some employees: in the first case for a suspected insider trading activity, in the second to find out who from within the Parma company had passed information to a newspaper.
This dossier activity was carried out with the acquisition of telephone records, the localization of cell phones thanks to an IT expert in Switzerland, audio and video recordings of conversations, and also the abusive interception of chats, emails and WhatsApp messages. Information “stolen” also from some journalists, sources that Pazzali (who allegedly asked for many reports) played in his personal relationships with some unaware people, such as Daniela Santanchè (unrelated to the affair). Among the many targets of the dossier, many exponents of the economic and financial world, such as Paolo scaroni, former CEO of Eni and president of Milan, Giovanni Gorno Tempini, number one at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, and the banker Massimo Ponzellini. Except people close to Letizia Moratti, "there are no major emergencies that lead to politics", he stressed Attorney Marcello Viola, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
Theft of sensitive data, Del Vecchio's defense
"From the preliminary charges and the negative outcome of the search, Dr. Del Vecchio would appear to be rather an injured party. In fact, others could be responsible for what the investigators hypothesized", he specifies, in a note, Maria Emanuela Mascalchi, the accused's trusted lawyer who "is calmly awaiting the preliminary investigations which he hopes will be concluded quickly so that he can immediately demonstrate his total lack of involvement in the facts and the groundlessness of the charges brought against him".
Theft of sensitive data, Arpe's defense
"Dr. Arpe is surprised because it was a professional assignment of the family limited to a private matter following the disappearance of the father", says the lawyer of Matteo Arpe, who is among those under investigation in the inquiry of the Milan DDA and the DNA on dossier activity on a large scale that led to six precautionary measures. Arpe, the lawyer says, "has given and will give full cooperation to the investigators".
