ROME
Bloomberg Businessweek
July 03, 2013
ROME (AP) — An Italian shipping family denies any role in an alleged money-smuggling plot involving a Vatican accountant. The d’Amico family says the priest who was jailed in the affair, Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, was their “spiritual” adviser.
A family lawyer, Vincenzo Cupri, spoke to reporters Wednesday as he left offices of Rome prosecutors who are investigating the alleged plot to spirit 20 million euros ($26 million) from Switzerland into Italy.
Scarano has been suspended by the Vatican from his accountant post. Prosecutors say they suspect the money belongs to the d’Amico family and was deposited in Switzerland to avoid Italian taxes.
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