Ends with the reduction of the strictest penalties and the acquittal of some of the defendants the appeal process relating to the operation BroLO’s “ghost mortgage” mortgages. The Messina Court, president Katia Manganoon the side Jacobello and De Rosepartially reformed the first instance sentence pronounced by the Court of Patti in June 2023, halving the sentence for the former accountant of the Municipality of Brolo Carmelo Arasi to which seven years and a month of imprisonment were imposed compared to the 15 years and 3 months of the first degree.
For the former mayor of the Tyrrhenian center Salvo Messina The sentence was redetermined in five years and nine months compared to the original 7 years and 6 months. Slight reductions also for three employees of the Municipality of Brolo involved, Santa Caranna sentenced on appeal to 4 years and six months (4 years and 9 months at first instance), Giuseppina di Leo at four years and four months (4 years and 9 months at first instance) e Antonella Campo at four years and three months (4 years and 6 months at first instance), and for Rosa Castrovincisentenced to three years (4 years and 15 days at first instance). Acquitted because the fact does not constitute a crime 15 of the 21 defendants, sentenced at first instance for the contributions provided by the Municipality to private individuals and subsidies to sports associations. These are Elena Lo Vercio, Enza Rifici, Giovanni Scaffidi Mangialardo, Antonino Masi, Antonino Giuffrè, Vittorio Astone, Giuseppe Investare, Rossella Arasi, Dario Presti, Rosa Gatto, Tina Gatto, Giuseppe Caranna, Domenico Caranna, Costantino Maniaci and the former deputy mayor Carmelo Gentile.