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Several sources in Italy claim Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis is under investigation for false accounting in the deal to sign Super Eagles striker Victor Osimhen in 2020.
La Repubblica and other Italian media, including Sky Sport Italia, report the Rome Prosecutor has put De Laurentiis under investigation for alleged false accounting. The investigation concerns Napoli’s deal to sign Osimhen from Ligue 1 side Lille in 2020.
The Nigerian forward moved to the Stadio Maradona for €71.2m but €20.1m of that was made up of four players sent in exchange. The suspicion is that players’ wages were overvalued in order to inflate capital gains.
Italy’s Financial Police, Guardia Di Finanza, gathered documents concerning the deal between April and June 2023 on behalf of the Naples Public Prosecutor’s Office with searches in Castel Volturno, Rome and France.
As explained by La Repubblica, the investigation of De Laurentiis is a legal obligation after the Naples Prosecutor’s Office sent the documents to Rome, where De Laurentiis’ FilmAuro is based.
