An administrative official of the Office of the judge for preliminary investigations (Gip) in Milan is at the center of a Prosecutor's investigation for attempted fraud and forgery. The man, with over twenty years of experience at the Palace of Justice, is suspected of having attempted to channel approximately 989,000 euros, taken from the Unified Justice Fund, to a member of the Condello clan, linked to the 'ndrangheta.

According to the reconstruction by investigators, the official compiled and submitted a form to order the return of that sum, deriving from a proceeding for economic crimes and subject to confiscation, in the name of a 40-year-old citizen already definitively convicted for mafia association, also for having facilitated the twenty-year fugitive status of boss Domenico Condello. The total confiscated amount reportedly amounts to almost 2 million euros, of which 989,000 would have been the target of the operation.

Equitalia Giustizia, the body responsible for managing confiscated funds and assets, detected the anomaly upon receiving the restitution request and reported the matter to the presidency of the Gip section. No judicial order authorizing the return of those funds was found. The report was then forwarded to the Republic's Prosecutor's Office, which launched the investigation.

The investigations led to a search and seizure of the employee's office, with the seizure of devices and documentation. The investigations, conducted by the District Anti-Mafia Directorate, will concern not only the specific case of the 989,000 euros, but also the possible presence of other irregularities committed by the official in the management of seized or confiscated assets over the years.

The official reportedly justified the operation as a technical problem related to the management of the proceeding. The leadership of the Tribunal, through a note, confirmed they are collaborating with the Prosecutor's Office and verifying any critical issues in the administrative management of seized funds. At present, the sum subject to the attempted restitution remains frozen at the Unified Justice Fund.