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NEWS: Banca Progetto, Italian firm owned by US giant Oaktree, raided in fraud probe

Banca Progetto's headquarters are in Milan, pictured

By Emilio Parodi and Valentina Za

Italy’s tax police have searched the headquarters of Oaktree-owned Banca Progetto, which was placed under court administration in a separate case last month, as part of an investigation into alleged fraud involving public funds.

In this latest case, a court in the northern city of Brescia ordered three arrests and the seizure of around 6.7 million euros ($7.3 million) in connection with alleged fraud of public funds, bankruptcy, money-laundering and false corporate communications, the tax police said in a statement.

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