Ex-Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino convicted of embezzlement
Former Rome mayor Ignazio Marino was found guilty of embezzlement and falsehood in an expenses case Thursday and sentenced to two years in jail by an appeals court. As local sources reported, at the first-instance trial he had been acquitted. In October 2016 the former Democratic Party (PD) mayor was cleared over more than 50 dinners paid for with a city credit card. The case helped spur his removal from office, by the PD itself.
In January, explaining its acquittal, the lower court said Marino had been 'careless' but had not committed any crime.It is reminded that Marino was forced to resign in 2015 amid an expenses scandal, after two years in office. He has always insisted he was innocent.