A focus on trust companies of the group controlled by the Agnelli family was activated by the Turin prosecutor's office.
The investigations, which concern possible tax violations, were activated after a complaint from Margherita Agnelli, daughter of the lawyer Gianni Agnelli, which thus kicked off a new chapter in the legal dispute over issues revolving around her parent's inheritance.
Today, on the recommendation of the public prosecutors, the financial police has acquired copious documentation in various locations.
The proceedings are not against unknown persons.
Three entries were made in the register of suspects.
The names are those of Gianluca Ferrero, accountant from Turin, Robert VonGroueningen, administrator of Marella Agnelli's inheritance on behalf of the Swiss judicial authority, and John Elkann, son of Margherita Agnelli, the presenter of the complaint.
The spotlight, in particular, would have been lit on the tax treatment of the lifetime payment that Margherita paid to her mother, Marella, by virtue of agreements made in 2004. The years examined are 2018 and 2019.
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