Overview
- Director Emanuela Bernardis and coordinator Marilena Cescon were arrested, with four staff placed under house arrest and eleven hit with restraining orders as 21 people face investigation.
- Prosecutors allege maltreatment, private violence and unlawful detention based on video evidence showing residents in severe psychophysical distress.
- The Per Mano cooperative was placed under receivership, and authorities carried out preventive seizures of the Con Noi group home and the Stella Alpina residential unit.
- Investigators report excessive turnover, unqualified staffing and unauthorized drug administration to 18 residents, including minors, alongside neglect such as urine-soaked mattresses and inadequate meal service.
- A parallel probe examines potential fraud in public supplies and the cooperative’s administrative liability after ASL Cuneo 1 paid about €1.4 million from December 2024 to June, with roughly 70 Carabinieri involved, including NIL and NAS units.