Among the 3,572 clients of Intesa Sanpaolo whose accounts were spied on by Vincenzo Coviello, 54 years old, a former employee of the institute working at the Agribusiness branch in Bisceglie, are also the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Senate President Ignazio La Russa, and Defense Minister Guido Crosetto. After more than two years of investigations entrusted to the carabinieri, the Bari prosecutor Roberto Rossi and the Dda prosecutor Bruna Manganelli have notified Coviello, dismissed on August 8, 2024, of the notice of conclusion of the investigations. The charges are aggravated unauthorized access to an IT system, procurement of information concerning state security, disclosure of official secrets, and unlawful processing of personal data. According to Corriere della Sera, Coviello would not have spied only on members of the current government. Among the targets would also be former prime ministers Silvio Berlusconi, Mario Draghi, Matteo Renzi, Giuliano Amato, and Enrico Letta.
For Berlusconi, the last “peek” would date back to the day of his death, June 12, 2023. The list also includes former ministers Umberto Bossi, Luigi Di Maio, Carlo Calenda, Mara Carfagna, Raffaele Fitto, Daniela Santanchè and Maria Stella Gelmini. The data of the former governor of the Bank of Italy Ignazio Visco were also spied on, on three occasions between 2021 and 2022. The National Anti-Mafia Directorate also participated in the investigations. The investigators discovered that Coviello’s “practice,” which began in 2020 and continued until April 2024, was also followed by seven other Intesa Sanpaolo employees. Their positions have been separated and sent to the competent Prosecutor’s Offices. Intesa Sanpaolo, however, has been archived.
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The Prosecutor’s Office defined the bank as “the true and only injured party in the matter.” The decree speaks of the “obvious lack of interest or advantage for the Bank” and the “adequacy of the organizational model.” The institute, it reads in the archiving, “from the earliest investigative stages demonstrated proactive collaboration and absolute transparency.” Coviello would have acted exclusively in his own interest “or that of third parties,” causing the Institute “an irreparable wound.” Intesa Sanpaolo, concludes the Prosecutor’s Office, “has suffered a very serious damage, both reputationally and financially.”
