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  Italian Graft Scandal Widens

By Guy Dinmore
Financial Times
May 14, 2010

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Italy's elite risked being dragged through the mud of a widening corruption scandal yesterday as the media began to publish the names of some 400 people said to have benefited from work by a Rome construction entrepreneur under investigation for possible bribery.

The "excellent names", as they are referred to in the press, include well-known figures in the state broadcasting network, a film director and a Vatican priest referred to as "Don Bancomat" (Father Cashpoint).

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