Ex-COVID commissioner Arcuri probed for embezzlement
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12 Aprile 2021
ROME, APR 12 - Italy's former COVID commissioner
Domenico Arcuri has been placed under investigation in a probe
into embezzlement over face masks, sources told La Verità
newspaper at the weekend.
Premier Mario Draghi in February replaced Arcuri with army
general Francesco Figliuolo.
According to La Verità, Arcuri is accused of being involved in
the alleged embezzlement of "huge profits" from an order of
Chinese face masks worth some 1.25 billion euros.
Arcuri's former aide and head of face mask procurement Antonio
Fabbrocini, is also being probed, the conservative daily said.