Overview
- Judges in piazzale Clodio ordered Pippo Franco, his wife Maria Piera Bassino, and son Gabriele to stand trial on charges of false declaration in a public act.
- General practitioner Natale Cirino Aveni is accused of creating fraudulent Covid vaccination certificates and uploading them to the regional database to enable issuance of passes.
- Carabinieri NAS opened the probe after detecting a discrepancy between vaccine vials supplied to the doctor and the number of doses recorded at his practice.
- The alleged conduct dates from summer 2021 to early 2022, with prosecutors saying the entries were used to secure Green Passes, including the reinforced version tied to boosters.
- Defense lawyers deny wrongdoing and question the evidence, and a related inquiry into false medical documents for ZTL permits faces a July decision on whether to try ten additional suspects.