Overview
- Police intercepted the handover of €3,000 in cash near the Lazio regional offices, allegedly delivered by entrepreneur Maurizio Terra inside Roberto Palumbo’s car.
- Palumbo was taken to jail on corruption charges while Terra was placed under house arrest pending a judge’s review of the measures.
- The case follows a roughly year-long probe by Rome prosecutors, coordinated by deputy prosecutor Giuseppe De Falco, into paid steering of dialysis patients to private clinics.
- Investigators are examining whether illicit payments were routed through a shell consultancy via false invoicing to disguise the origin of funds.
- Roughly 12 people are under investigation in a probe focused on clinics operating within the ASL Roma 2 dialysis network.