ROME
Gazzetta del Sud
Rome, July 1 – Italian magistrates questioned Msgr Nunzio Scarano Monday in a 20-million-euro corruption plot involving the Holy See’s asset-management agency APSA. Scarano, who was arrested last Friday on suspicion of corruption and fraud, said he was not comfortable in Rome’s Regina Coeli prison and requested house arrest, prosecutors said. Scarano was questioned for about three hours by investigating magistrate Barbara Callari, who will decide the next step in the process. Scarano was arrested along with Giovanni Maria Zito, an agent in Italy’s domestic intelligence agency, and Rome broker Giovanni Carenzio. It’s alleged the trio were involved in a failed attempt to fly 20 million euros of alleged tax-evasion proceeds from Switzerland back to Italy.
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