Overview
- Giuseppe Sempio was formally placed under investigation for corruption in judicial acts alongside ex-Pavia prosecutor Mario Venditti, with prosecutors alleging a €20,000–€30,000 payment in February 2017 to secure the archiving of Andrea Sempio’s earlier inquiry.
- Prosecutors appointed consultant Matteo Ghigo to perform an urgent, non-repeatable forensic extraction on Nov. 3 in Pinerolo, with analyses expected to run about 45 days in the presence of defense experts.
- A Guardia di Finanza report filed in the case says the payment modalities appear consistent with occult transfers to persons other than the family’s lawyers, a stance that clashes with Sempio’s claim the funds covered legal fees.
- Investigators cite a handwritten note reading “Venditti gip archivia per 20.30 euro” and highlight atypical movements between December 2016 and June 2017, including €43,000 in checks from paternal aunts and roughly €35,000 in cash withdrawals.
- Defense teams push back: Andrea Sempio’s lawyers say the Brescia probe does not affect his position, Venditti’s counsel attacks the seizures and points to the Cassazione’s finding of a single killer, and former defense lawyers are being summoned as Giuseppe Sempio tells TV he recalls little of the period.