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Rome Opens Probe Into Ex‑Intelligence No. 2 Giuseppe Del Deo Over Secret Files and Contract Schemes

Parliamentary overseers have requested the case files to assess potential misuse of state information.

Overview

  • Prosecutors in Rome suspect Giuseppe Del Deo accessed internal intelligence archives after leaving office and may have used reserved data in his role at Cerved, which says it has no link to the case.
  • Carabinieri investigators from the ROS searched Del Deo’s devices and are trying to recover deleted files, and he has since self‑suspended and handed back his corporate delegations.
  • Case documents describe a Sind‑led sale of low‑performing software to the Prime Minister’s office that used false invoices to move public money, including €2.8 million paid through an account bearing Del Deo’s signature.
  • Investigators also detail a 2022 MaticMind share deal with an €8 million earn‑out and backdated, marked‑up invoices using a Danish vehicle that allegedly inflated Sind’s profits by more than €40 million before later reversals with credit notes.
  • COPASIR has sought the investigation records, and probes now examine Del Deo’s long business ties with two entrepreneurs and a loss‑making agritourism near Orvieto, while the allegations remain unproven in court.