Overview
- Massimo Lovati said on television he received about €15–16,000 in cash from the Sempio family and described collecting a one‑third share at colleague Federico Soldani’s office, while denying any role in bribery.
- The Brescia corruption probe names former deputy prosecutor Mario Venditti and Giuseppe Sempio as suspects, triggered in part by a note seized at the Sempio home reading “Venditti gip archivia x 20. 30. euro.”
- Financial checks reported by the Guardia di Finanza highlight around €15,000 withdrawn between December 29 and January 26, with prior reporting of roughly €43,000 moved in 2017, whose purpose remains contested.
- Lovati’s attorney said he will go to the Brescia prosecutor’s office on Tuesday to learn whether Lovati is formally under investigation, as prosecutors are expected to hear Lovati, Soldani and Simone Grassi.
- The separate homicide file in Pavia remains open with Andrea Sempio registered as a suspect in the 2007 killing of Chiara Poggi.