The Serie A capital gains case is continuing to grow as 12 deals involving Roma and Inter are now being investigated by financial police.
Page 13 of today’s Tuttosport details how the Rome Prosecutor’s Office have sent relevant documents to their colleagues in Milan regarding the Nerazzurri, Modena regarding Sassuolo, Bergamo regarding Atalanta and more regarding Napoli.
On April 22nd, prosecutors in Rome sent the request for indictment to Roma and various figures including James Pallotta, Mauro Baldissoni, Guido Fienga, Giorgio Francia, Umberto Maria Gandini and Francesco Malknecht.
Four days later, the investigation began to focus on the crime of false corporate communications, article 2621 of the civil code, looking into various transfers involving Roma.
Roma and Inter deals investigated
Under scrutiny are 12 deals ranging from 2017 to 2021, involving Gregoire Defrel, Riccardo Marchizza, Davide Frattesi, Nicolo Zaniolo, Davide Santon, Radja Nainggolan, Bryan Cristante, Marco Tumminello, Leonardo Spinazzola, Luca Pellegrini, Kostas Manolas and Amadou Diawara.
One example is the Nainggolan deal; the Belgian midfielder left the Giallorossi for Inter in a deal worth circa €38 million, including Santon and Zaniolo in exchange, and the capital gains were registered at €31m, instead of the actual €24m.