(Adds comment Scaroni fifth paragraph) MILAN, February 12 (Reuters) – Milan prosecutors asked the trial for the former CEO of Eni Paolo Scaroni and seven other suspects, as well as for companies Eni and Saipem, as part of the investigation into alleged bribes that were paid by Saipem to obtain contracts in Algeria. He reports a judicial source. The prosecutor had lodged the closing of the investigation on January 14. At the center of the story is the acquisition of seven procurement contract in Algeria worth a total of € 8 billion. A spokesman reports that Scaroni, for which it is assumed the crime of tax fraud as well as that of international corruption, as well as for the former chief operating officer of Saipem Pietro Varone, “declares totally foreign to each other, and its complete alienation is also evident from the content of the wiretaps appeared in the newspapers “. “The non-involvement of Eni is also confirmed by the investigative reports of Sonatrach, published today by the Corriere della Sera, which make no reference to the company or to Mr. Scaroni,” says the spokesman. The lawyer Varone said instead of waiting for the notification and the preliminary hearing. Saipem and Eni, investigated by the law 231 on the liability of companies for crimes possibly committed by corporate executives in the interest, please contact me by email and on the phone, did not comment. In addition to Scaroni, Varone and the two companies, in the investigation, matches over two years ago, included the former president of Saipem Peter Such, Farid Bedjaoui (intermediary Saipem in Algeria and right arm of the Algerian Minister of Energy Chekib Khelil ), the former chairman and CEO of Saipem Algeria, Tullio Orsi, and executives – or former – Saipem and Eni Alessandro Bernini and Antonio Vella. More …
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