AGI – The Milan public prosecutor's office will open proceedings in the case of the “designer” Balocco pandoro Chiara Ferragni's brand after receiving the Codacons complaint of serious fraud. No decisions have been made yet. In the next few days, chief prosecutor Marcello Viola will examine what needs to be done. Three hypotheses are examined: the opening of a pattern 45 file without specifying crimes or suspects, one of 44 in which only the identified alleged crime is registered, or one of 21 in which any suspects are also registered. A formal step to carry out initial investigations was already the subject of antitrust proceedings, which were concluded with a sanction.
Codacons, originator of the complaint that has already led to this Millionaire fine for Balocco designer Pandoroannounces a new complaint to the Competition Authority in the case of the Dolci Preziosi Easter eggs sponsored by Chiara Ferrragni, requesting a formal investigation into possible misleading advertising to the detriment of consumers and unfair commercial practices.
“If the facts reported today by the mass media were to be confirmed, we would again be faced with a commercial operation by Ferragni disguised as a charity, a real deception to the detriment of buyers, with the aggravating circumstance that children suffering from autism are being exploited – explains Codacons Sponsorship, which, according to rumors that have surfaced, would have brought the influencer the gigantic sum of 1.2 million euros in two years in return for a donation “Alms” of only 36,000 euros in favor of the charity project “The Fairy Children”Moreover, carried out by the company Dolci Preziosi and not by Ferragni, without any connection between the sales of the eggs and the amount of the donation.” The consumer association hopes that “the investigations carried out by the authority confirm the complete regularity of the operation” and deny it , which has appeared in the mass media in the last few hours, otherwise the affair could cost the influencer a new millionaire fine from the cartel office.”
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