Two years and eight months in prison, plus a 20 euro fine, confiscation of shares in the Pegaso company and insurance policies, for a total amount that could be in the order of a few million euro. This is the sentence negotiated by Giulia Ligresti, who allegedly admitted her responsibilities in the context of the Fonsai investigation. Salvatore's daughter, who ended up in handcuffs on July 17 on charges of false accounting and market manipulation, is currently under house arrest in Milan, after the doctors of the Vercelli prison had ascertained that her psychological conditions were not compatible with detention.
The sentence, agreed between the prosecution and the defense, was confirmed this morning by the judge. His sister Jonella remains behind bars – the review court rejected the application for release – and Salvatore Ligresti, not yet questioned by the prosecutors, is under house arrest.
The assets confiscated from Giulia Ligresti are part of those that were placed under preventive seizure by the Guardia di Finanza on 12 August on behalf of the Turin prosecutors Vittorio Nessi and Marco Gianoglio. The operation – overall involving assets, company shares and current accounts for 251 million euro – took place as part of the investigation into the past management of Fondiaria Sai.
The investigation also involves Ligresti's other son, Paolo, a Swiss citizen against whom it was not possible to execute the precautionary custody order, the former vice president of Fonsai Antonio Talarico (under house arrest) and the former managing directors Emanuele Erbetta (in prison) and Fausto Marchionni (under house arrest). For them the accusation is false accounting aggravated by harm to savers and manipulation of the market. Giulia Ligresti has chosen a different procedural strategy from that of the other suspects and during the interrogations given to the magistrates she allegedly admitted her responsibilities and thus chose to negotiate.
