Overview
- Judge Ilio Mannucci reclassified aggravated fraud to simple fraud and dismissed proceedings after consumer group Codacons withdrew its complaint.
- Prosecutors had sought a 20-month sentence over promotions of a Balocco pandoro and Dolci Preziosi Easter eggs marketed as charity-linked.
- Administrative penalties stand, with Italy’s competition authority fining Ferragni’s companies more than €1 million and Balocco €420,000 for unfair practices.
- Authorities said the Turin children’s hospital received a single €50,000 donation while Ferragni’s companies earned about €1 million from the pandoro campaign.
- Ferragni and her firms have paid roughly €3.4 million in fines, donations and reimbursements, and it remains unclear whether prosecutors will appeal.