Overview
- Judges determined the facts fit the category of simple fraud, a charge that depends on a private complainant for prosecution.
- The proceedings were triggered by a 70-year-old buyer’s complaint and closed with a €500 indemnity to her.
- Prosecutors had alleged the campaign suggested per-purchase donations for Balocco pandoros and other seasonal products even though contributions were not tied to sales.
- Ferragni’s former collaborator Fabio María Damato and the company president were also cleared in the same ruling.
- Separate from the criminal case, Ferragni and her firms have paid about €3.4 million in antitrust penalties, settlements and donations and have faced significant business and audience losses.