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Italian journalist fraud investigation
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In late May 2026 an incendiary device exploded outside journalist Adriano Cappellari’s home in Enego, Vicenza. Surveillance footage showed a masked individual matching his height, and investigators traced the purchase of gas canisters and alcohol to Cappellari through his own credit‑card details. On 29 July 2026 prosecutors charged him with arson, fraud, false alarm and related offences, alleging he fabricated both the threatening letters sent to himself, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and anti‑mafia priest Don Maurizio Patriciello, and the bomb‑like attack. A week later, on On 5 August 2026, the investigation continued as 2026 Cappellari was scheduled to appear appeared before the Vicenza prosecutor’s office. Authorities reiterated that digital evidence linked him office, handed a written apology to the letters public prosecutor Alessia Grenna, and the procurement of expressed remorse, citing personal distress during the incendiary materials. election campaign. He pledged full cooperation and offered to support community initiatives led by Don Patriciello. Local officials, including the mayor of Enego, Marco Frison, cancelled a planned public meetings event to preserve community calm amid the scandal. calm.
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