Overview
- The Prosecutor's Office in Turin requested indictment for Elkann and accountant Gianluca Ferrero on counts of dichiarazione infedele in a secondary branch of the inheritance probe.
- The request follows a gip order by Antonio Borretta for an imputazione coatta after partially rejecting a bid to drop those charges.
- The fraud accusation against the State was left out of this indictment and remains pending before gip Giovanna Di Maria, separate from the new charges.
- Because the alleged offenses do not allow messa alla prova, Elkann risks losing the community-service option despite his €183 million payment to the tax authority in July.
- Ferrero has sought a plea to one year converted into a €73,000 fine, with a decision set for January 21, while the messa alla prova hearing in the main case was postponed to February 11 before gup Francesca De Maria.