The Engineer invested in the stock market 5 million euros before the government's decision

Of Fiorenza Sarzanini
ROMA Four days before the government decree on Popolari launched on 20 January 2015, Matteo Renzi would have reassured the entrepreneur Carlo De Benedetti that the measure would pass. It is the Engineer himself who tells it to the professional who took care of his investments in the stock market. The recording of the phone call - which has remained secret until now - is attached to the file that the Rome Prosecutor's Office sent to the Parliamentary Banking Commission. And it seems to deny the version provided by both when they had excluded the disclosure of confidential information. The investigation for insider trading was started three years ago following a report from Consob which had highlighted capital gains and anomalous movements on securities. In particular, De Benedetti had invested 5 million euros with Romed spa earning 600 thousand euros. The magistrates asked for the investigation to be closed because both Renzi and De Benedetti, questioned by prosecutors, they excluded having entered into the merits of the text then approved at Palazzo Chigi. But now - while waiting for the judge to decide whether to accept the prosecutors' request - the Commission will express its opinion in the final report.
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