ROME
ANSA
(ANSA) – Rome, December 2 – The home of Vatileaks 2 defendant Francesca Chaouqui and her husband Corrado Lanino was raided Tuesday because of suspected illicit access to computers in connection with a Terni probe into suspected irregularities in the sale of a castle at Narni, judicial sources said Wednesday. Lanino, a computer expert, is suspected of helping his wife access files with the help of another man, former Italian premier’s office staffer, Mario Benotti, whose premises were not searched, the sources said.
Rome prosecutors on Monday placed Chaouqui and Lanino under investigation for suspected irregularities in the sale of San Girolamo castle.
In another development this week, Rome prosecutors placed Silvio Berluscon’s brother Paolo under investigation for suspected embezzlement in the Terni probe. Chaouqui allegedly promised the younger Berlusconi to act on judicial requests to the Vatican regarding Silvio Berlusconi’s purported accounts at the Vatican Bank – a suggestion the Berlusconis have denied.
Chaouqui, a public relations expert, is currently on trial in the Vatican along with four others for allegedly leaking confidential documents.
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