Juventus may have acted in "good
faith" in relation to allegedly inflated earnings from player
transfers, preliminary investigations judge (GIP) Ludovico
Morello wrote in explanation of his decision of October 12 to
deny prosecutors' requests for restrictive measures to be
imposed on former chairman Andrea Agnelli and other people under
investigation over the Turin giant's accounts.
Agnelli quit as chairman this week along with the rest of the
board amid a probe by Turin prosecutors into allegations that
the club presented false information to investors about its
accounts in recent years.
Sources said Wednesday that prosecutors have requested that
Agnelli and several other suspects be sent to trial.
The question of the allegedly inflated salaries is only part of
the alleged wrongdoing.
Investigators are also looking into allegations that the Serie A
club made secret salary payments after declaring that players
had agreed to take wage cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The accounts of the club, a listed company, have also come under
the scrutiny of Italian stock-market regulator Consob, and the
Italian Soccer Federation has opened a sporting probe into the
case.
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