'Meloni, Giambruno, La Russa bank accounts spied' - report

According to Bari probe bank's VIP clients monitored, says daily

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Oct 10 2024
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The State attorney's office in the Puglia city of Bari is investigating a former employee of Intesa Sanpaolo bank who allegedly "illicitly" accessed nearly 7,000 times the bank accounts of VIP clients including Premier Giorgia Meloni, her former partner, journalist Andrea Giambruno, and Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa, according to a report published on Thursday by daily newspaper Domani.
    The ex-employee allegedly violated sensitive data by illicitly accessing and monitoring the bank accounts of thousands of clients also including Meloni's sister Arianna, head of the secretariat of her Brothers of Italy (FdI) party, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto, Tourism Minister Daniela Santanchè , National Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Giovanni Melillo and members of the military, among others, the report said.
    The probe on the employee, who was fired by the bank on August 8, is ongoing.
    The daily newspaper reported that prosecutors are trying to determine why he looked into such a large number of accounts, monitoring sensitive information, between February 21, 2022, and April 24, 2024.
    The probe focuses in particular on over 3,500 clients with portfolios at 679 Intesa Sanpaolo branches across Italy, per the report.
    Also violated were the accounts of the governors of Puglia and Veneto, respectively Michele Emiliano and Luca Zaia, Trani prosecutor, Renato Nitti, as well as Carabinieri and finance police officers, Domani reported.
    Premier Giorgia Meloni commented the report Thursday, writing on X, "give us this day our daily 'dossieraggio'", or the creation of dossiers with sensitive information.
    The premier included a photo portraying her with sister Arianna and the headline published by Milan daily il Giornale 'Shocking probe in Bari: accounts of Giorgia and Arianna Meloni, Crosetto and La Russa spied', which referred to the article published by Domani.