A preliminary investigations judge
(GIP) in Genoa on Wednesday ratified former Liguria governor
Giovanni Toti's agreement to plead guilty to corruption and
illegal party funding.
GIP Matteo Buffoni ratified the deal between Toti and the State
attorney's office to plea bargain a suspended sentence of two
years and one month in jail, which were converted into a period
of probation of 1,620 hours to carry out socially useful
services.
Toti will do community service for Genoa's chapter of the
Italian anti-tumour league.
Under the deal, he will be allowed to serve over 15 hours a
week, not only in Genoa but across Italy.
Toti was placed under house arrest in May in relation to a
corruption probe regarding alleged bribes in which cash for an
election campaign was exchanged for favours, including the
extension of a port terminal concession.
He was subsequently released from detention after he resigned as
governor in July.
Along with Toti's position, the case was also closed for the
former chairman of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority Paolo
Emilio Signorini, who had reached a deal with prosecutors to
plea bargain a prison term of three years and port entrepreneur
Aldo Spinelli who also agreed to plea bargain a term of three
years and three months.
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