Paolo Emilio Signorini is a free man again. The former president of the Port Authority of Genoa was arrested last May as part of the corruption investigation that shook Liguria and involved, among others, the governor of the region Giovanni Toti and the port entrepreneur Aldo Spinelli. Today, Monday 23 September, Judge Matteo Buffoni ordered that Signorini be banned from running a company or exercising managerial functions or positions in companies for the next twelve months. At the time of his arrest, Signorini was CEO of Iren, a multi-service company specialising in electricity, gas and water services.
Prison, house arrest and plea bargaining
The former manager was the only one to end up in the cell, where he remained for just over two months, until July 16. The judge then placed him under house arrest, accepting the request of lawyers Enrico and Mario Scopesi. Paolo Emilio Signorini chose to follow the same path as Spinelli and Toti, namely the plea. The lawyers of the former CEO of Iren agreed with the prosecutor's office on a sentence of three years and five months, with the confiscation of almost 104 thousand euros. In the case of the former Ligurian governor, the plea agreement provides for two years and one month, converted into 1,500 hours of community service. The date of the plea agreements, which has not yet been decided, will be set immediately after the regional elections at the end of October in Liguria.
On the cover: Paolo Emilio Signorini, former president of the Port Authority of Genoa, in an archive photo (ANSA/Luca Zennaro)
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