Post by jameshoff on Mar 14, 2024 8:45:01 GMT
Roberto Napoletano, the former director of the Sole 24 Ore now at the helm of the Quotidiano del Sud, accused of alleged irregularities in the accounts of the publishing group during the period in which he was at the top, was acquitted in second degree with the formula "for not having committed the fact". In the first instance he was sentenced to 2 and a half years . The new sentence is from the second Court of Appeal of Milan which rejected the request with which the General Prosecutor's Office had proposed confirmation of the Court's sentence of 2 years and 6 months. CIVIL STATUTES The judges also revoked all civil rulings. Reasons are expected within 90 days.
“Justice is served after six years of unjust DY Leads suffering for a totally unfounded accusation that has finally been recognized as such and with a decision that we hope will be definitive. From the beginning of this affair we have firmly supported the correctness of the conduct of Roberto Napoletano, who has always and only exercised his role as editorial director of Il Sole 24 Ore in his passionate and always rigorous way", said Guido Carlo Alleva, legal by Roberto Napoletano. “NOT TRUE” For the prosecution, the former director, together with the former managing director Donatella Treu and the former president Benito Benedini,
In particular, Napoletano was accused of inflating the newspaper's sales figures. Napoletano refused to take a plea deal because he has always maintained his non-involvement in the charges.who had agreed terms of 1 year and 8 months and 300 thousand euros and 1 year and 6 months and 100 thousand euros respectively, "in order to ensure an unfair profit for themselves and third parties" he would have exposed in the half-yearly report of June 2015, in the interim report of the following September, as well as in the balance sheet of December of the same year, "material facts that do not correspond to the truth regarding the economic, financial situation and financial position of the company".
“Justice is served after six years of unjust DY Leads suffering for a totally unfounded accusation that has finally been recognized as such and with a decision that we hope will be definitive. From the beginning of this affair we have firmly supported the correctness of the conduct of Roberto Napoletano, who has always and only exercised his role as editorial director of Il Sole 24 Ore in his passionate and always rigorous way", said Guido Carlo Alleva, legal by Roberto Napoletano. “NOT TRUE” For the prosecution, the former director, together with the former managing director Donatella Treu and the former president Benito Benedini,
In particular, Napoletano was accused of inflating the newspaper's sales figures. Napoletano refused to take a plea deal because he has always maintained his non-involvement in the charges.who had agreed terms of 1 year and 8 months and 300 thousand euros and 1 year and 6 months and 100 thousand euros respectively, "in order to ensure an unfair profit for themselves and third parties" he would have exposed in the half-yearly report of June 2015, in the interim report of the following September, as well as in the balance sheet of December of the same year, "material facts that do not correspond to the truth regarding the economic, financial situation and financial position of the company".