Overview
- Investigators with Rome’s anti-mafia directorate questioned Mauro Caroccia and his daughter on Wednesday about who funded and controlled Le 5 Forchette, the company behind Bisteccheria d’Italia.
- Caroccia, brought from Viterbo prison where he is serving a four-year sentence for mafia-linked crimes, told prosecutors that Delmastro put in traceable funds and later gave up his shares.
- Caroccia’s lawyer says about €45,000 from Delmastro bought equipment from a previous tenant and that rent was paid from a Biella bank account tied to the restaurant.
- Company records show the firm was created on December 16, 2024, before a Biella notary with 18-year-old Miriam as sole administrator, and she told prosecutors she did not know she held all the shares and says she now faces threats and insults.
- Delmastro is not under criminal investigation, but the Chamber’s conduct committee censured him for filing his asset declaration late as prosecutors review the accounts and consider whether to hear from him.