Prosecutors request four indictments in Liguria graft case

(ANSA) - Genoa, February 23 - Genoa prosecutors on Monday requested indictments against three former regional officials and a local party treasurer on charges of embezzlement. Ex-regional council vice president Nicolò Scialfa, former council member Marylin Fusco, former MP Giovanni Paladini, and ex treasurer Giorgio De Lucchi, all from the small centrist Italy of Values (IdV) party, have opted for a fast-track trial set to begin March 23. Also on Monday, the prosecution requested sentences of two years two months in prison for ex-IdV regional council members Maruska Piredda and Stefano Quaini, who are accused of embezzlement in the same case.