An official from the Department
of Civil Protection was arrested on Thursday on accusations of
continued usury, attempted extortion and abusive use of
financial activities.
Carabinieri arrested the 59-year-old Rome resident for having
allegedly granting loans at usurious rates of up to 40% to
several shopkeepers in the upscale Prati area of the capital.
He also allegedly used his civil protection office in Via
Ulpiano as a "base", police said.
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