To get BvTech spa a regional loan of 9 million (50% of the 18 million expected) as a contribution for the investment in Puglia of large companies, the then councilor for urban planning of the Puglia region, Alfonsino Pisicchio, and his brother Enzo, arrested yesterday, apparently agreed on an exchange of benefits. The price to be paid was an "ice cream" and it "had to be given" as a reward.
Offering an " ice cream" meant hiring staff in companies that benefited from subsidies or million-dollar public contracts from Puglia Region. The agreement provides for the hiring of family members (Natale and Rebecca, children of Alfonsinos and Enzo respectively) and political activists, payment for Alfonino's electoral initiatives and Rebecca Pisicchi's graduation party. The illicit request, recorded by bugs placed urgently in a restaurant in Monopoli (Bari), was made on the evening of 4 September 2019. Three other people were arrested with them, while two others were suspended from their profession for a year.