A cardinal was amongst the 10 people today indicted for their alleged role in a failed London serious estate investment that missing the Vatican millions of euros.
In addition Cardinal Angelo Becciu, four other Vatican officials were billed, alongside with two Secretariat of Point out officials and a broker, in accordance to the Affiliated Press.

The broker, Gianluigi Torzi, allegedly extorted the Vatican for just about $18 million, in a deal to hand around a London house at 60 Sloane Avenue in the Chelsea part. Torzi experienced allegedly inserted a clause into a agreement that in the long run gave his corporation possession of the property.

He was arrested in June 2020.

The Vatican employed Torzi to wrest manage of the property from a funds manager who managed the Holy See’s 2013 investment decision in the residence.

One particular of the Secretariat of Point out officers arrested was the cardinal’s chief of workers for the duration of that initial financial investment. The indictment alleges the Secretariat of State official spearheaded the acquisition and later on interfered with the investigation. He denied any wrongdoing.

Pope Francis fired him last calendar year for what the Vatican stated was a independent concern involving donations from the Vatican to a charity operate by his brother.

Vatican law enforcement raided quite a few other officials’ offices throughout the program of their investigation, like the official who oversaw the Holy See’s European asset portfolio during the time of the offer.

[AP] — Dennis Lynch