His name is Vincenzo Coviello and he is from Bitonto. He achieved 7,000 “fileless” accesses. But the investigation points to conspiracies. And on the search for the alleged instigators
His name is Vincenzo Coviello, he is 52 years old, he is from Bitonto. It was the spy banker who seized the current accounts of Giorgia and Arianna Meloni, Andrea Giambruno and ministers and judges. And he says he didn't do it as part of a plot against the government. But only because he’s “a control freak.” He carried out the accesses “without disclosing information to third parties”. Married and father of two children, at the Bitonto branch of Banca Intesa, during the disciplinary procedure against him, he affirmed that he had no longer carried out interviews “since October 2023, after the recall of the director” of the agency. But in reality this would have continued until last April. However, he never “uploaded a document” and was never the terminal for external requests. Will this be enough to silence conspiracy rumors and daily files?
Who is Vincenzo Coviello
The crime alleged against him is illegal access to computer systems and attempting to obtain information regarding state security. Yesterday, judicial police officers appointed by the Bari public prosecutor's office searched the former employee's home and seized smartphones, tablets, hard drives and various computer devices which will be subject to forensic checks. Intesa's disciplinary proceedings against him were triggered when the bank became aware of his activities. That is to say precisely at the moment when the director of his branch communicated the existence of external access to an entrepreneur who went to report it.
The Republic Today he recounts the details of the mini-trial to which the credit establishment subjected him in August before dismissing him. And in which he defended himself by calling himself “a control freak”. As well as a model employee. “Impeccable at work” but “very curious” according to those who frequent him. “Introverted but also egocentric,” according to others. And also a little “gossip”. It was for this reason that he felt an unhealthy curiosity about the financial situation first of certain relatives, then of politicians and entrepreneurs. Illegal access to a computer system is currently under investigation in Bari.
The bank spy
Even after his dismissal, Coviello continues to go out in the morning and return home at 6 p.m. “He works at his accounting firm nearby,” according to some neighbors. “I see him enter sometimes alone, sometimes with his wife. But I never imagined that it was the person the sites were talking about,” says a hairdresser. Coviello is also known in Bisceglie. He worked in the agri-food detachment which depends on the Barletta branch. He was in charge of the credit to food companies. Officially have access to the accounts of millionaires. “I would like to think that they hacked his profile. I knew him as a hard worker, a real workaholic. 'He had a moment of confusion,' a colleague said of him. But seven thousand accesses seem too many for one moment.
7 thousand accesses per day
Yesterday, Coviello was unreachable both in his office and on his cell phone. “The doctor is out,” someone answered on the office phone. In the meantime, the public prosecutor's office is also investigating the objective liability of the bank, in accordance with Law 231. The spy banker searched the database for all names that ended up in the newspapers. He searched customer records, bank statements and credit card movements. Thus managing in theory also to reconstruct movements. Almost all parliamentarians are included in the searches, as Intesa offers this service to MPs. Among those spied on, Ignazio La Russa, minister Guido Crosetto and his wife Graziana Saponaro. But also Di Battista, Di Maio, Fitto, Letta, Renzi or Nichi Vendola. And again: there are Totti and Al Bano, Luisa Ranieri and Domenico Arcuri, Giuliano Amato and Paola Egonu, Calenda and Bonolis, Decaro and Pietro Paolo Virdis, D'Alema and Zucchero Fornaciari.
The instigators?
The investigation now turns to the alleged instigators. There are those who hypothesize a grand conspiracy and those who think of several instigators to intercept the right people at the right time. But for this, you also need a market or a meeting point where supply and demand meet. Senate President La Russa tells everyone Leaf that there is a political direction behind everything. “When there is a government with a strong consensus, highly recognized and appreciated by Italians, those who have no ideas to counter it attach themselves to these things. He knocks on every door to achieve his goal. I believe that behind these events lies an ethical problem that should not be underestimated. It's strange that the center right is always at the center of these issues, isn't it? Meanwhile, Coviello has also been missing from social media for some time.
