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Milan Prosecutors Open New Bioera Bankruptcy Probe Into Tourism Minister Santanchè

Prosecutors are weighing a single dossier covering Bioera plus both Ki Group entities following the liquidator’s report.

Overview

  • Santanchè has been listed in the register of suspects in Milan for alleged bankruptcy offenses linked to Bioera spa after the court‑appointed liquidator filed his report.
  • The new file adds to a previously reported investigation into the collapse of Ki Group srl, with a related case on Ki Group Holding spa expected to progress once its liquidator’s report is submitted.
  • Bioera entered judicial liquidation in December 2024 with an estimated negative net equity of about €8 million, following earlier Consob findings on deconsolidation issues in the group’s accounts.
  • Santanchè served as Bioera president until 2021 and previously led Ki Group srl; her lawyers say she has received no formal notice and call her inclusion a procedural safeguard given she was no longer in office or a shareholder.
  • Opposition leaders from the PD and M5S are calling for her resignation, while separate Visibilia proceedings continue, including a false accounting trial and an INPS fraud case paused pending a Constitutional Court ruling.