The part of the investigation that started in Monza in September 2021 regarding the 'farce' exam of the Uruguayan footballer Luis Suarez who took a B1 level Italian language exam at the University for foreigners of Perugia to obtain citizenship ended with some convictions. Italian and be registered as a community player by Juventus.
For nine defendants in various capacities of corruption and false ideology, the Prosecutor of Monza had asked for up to 6 years of sentence in the abbreviated trial and the GUP issued seven sentences and two acquittals.
The disputed facts date back to the period July-November 2018, when three exams were organized at the headquarters of a coop in Seregno (Monza-Brianza).
The highest sentence, 4 years and 8 months, to a thirty-year-old legal representative of the social cooperative of Seregno - affiliated with a study center in Roccadaspide (Salerno), which in turn has an agreement with the University for foreigners of Perugia - qualified to take exams A2 level Italian language and to issue the certification.
Sentences ranging from 2 years and 8 months to 6 months, went to two examiners - a 42 year old from Salerno and a contemporary living in Milan - and to foreigners accused of being intermediaries in finding other foreigners interested in false certification.
