“Blue car and cocaine”: precautionary measure for the former President of Ars Miccichè

Embezzlement, aggravated fraud and false certifications are the charges, residence ban in Cefalù: "Unscrupulous use of the company car"

PALERMO – Residence ban in Cefalù (Palermo) for the former president of the Ars Gianfranco Miccichè. The precautionary measure was ordered by the investigating judge of the court of Palermo, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office. Miccichè is under investigation for embezzlement, aggravated fraud against the Ars and false certifications. As part of the same investigation, the investigating judge ordered him to reside in the municipalities of Palermo and Monreale for the parliamentary assistant acting as Miccichè’s driver, Maurizio Messina. Furthermore, with the same order, the investigating judge ordered the preventive seizure of approximately 24 thousand euros, considered “profit from crimes of embezzlement, aggravated fraud against the Ars and false certifications”< /strong>. The latter would concern the presence of the public employee in service.

THE SUSPICION ABOUT COCAINE DOSES

According to prosecutors, Miccichè would haveused the blue car on a personal basis, especially on the Palermo-Cefalù route, a place where the former President has a home . The deputy’s friends, family and collaborators would also have used the car. According to the investigators’ theory, there was also suspicion of purchasing doses of cocaine. In a conversation subjected to wiretaps between the Ars driver Maurizio Messina and the chef Mario Di Ferro, the trays of pasta to be collected could, in fact, concern the purchase of the narcotic substance.

“UNRUDE USE OF THE SERVICE VEHICLE”

“Miccichè has allowed, to say the least, in an unscrupulous manner that his family members and collaborators make arrangements in Messina for the use of the service car in order to take care of tasks relating exclusively to the family sphere – we read in the ordinance, from the transport of an animal to that of some plants from a nursery located in the Catania area to the Cefalù demonstration”.