Dan Șucu received the verdict in the trial with the Americans »the prosecutor's decision about taking over the Genoa Club!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published on Friday, August 08, 2025, 15:32 / Updated on Friday, August 2025 15:34
Deputy prosecutor Alberto Landolfi asked on Thursday the classification of the investigation initiated in March 2025 for the alleged fraud crime, regarding the transfer of property from the A-CAP insurance group to Romanian entrepreneur Dan Șucu. “The new president of Genoa He signed a capital increase in the amount of 40 million euros, which saved from bankruptcy the oldest football club in Italy. The operation is considered lawful ”, writes the local daily from XIX.
Alberto Landolfi has registered in the register of suspected persons the name of the current General Manager of Genoa, Andreas Blazquez, and to shed light on the accusations made by ACM delegate, which has been a civil part in the name of A-CAP, in recent months he has heard several witnesses.
“The contractual deception claimed, impossible to prove”
It's about Former President of the Rossoblu club, Alberto Zangrillo (remaining in the Board of Directors, but only as a counselor after the arrival of Șucu), minority shareholder Andrea d'Angelo and former owner Enrico.
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“Based on the elements collected in the file, it was decided not to run the procedure. A-CAP has the opportunity to challenge the prosecutor's office within twenty days, which will start in September, after the summer vacation,” explains the source.
In his classification request, the prosecutor was categorical, which could limit the maneuver margin of the lawyer Francesco d'Alessandro, who represents the American Insurance Group: “The contractual deception is impossible to conceive, as it refers to the hypothesis of a contract concluded following the use of fraudulent means.
It is excluded that, in this case, someone would have set up fireworks or other illegal practices, at the time of the conclusion of the legal transaction that is the subject of the evaluation, misleading the opposing party, which would have been determined to give the consent that would not have granted. “
“The Amrican creditors were informed about the majority shareholder's initiative to increase the club capital”
I was there XIX publishes in detail the argumentation of the decision: “The creditors (no – ACM delegated in the name of A -CAP) were informed about the majority shareholder's initiative to increase the capital.
Operation which, if it were relevant in this case, would have had economically satisfying results (objective evaluation of the value of the Price Waterhouse Cooper It was about 13 million euros, compared to a total capital increase of 45 million euros).
Dan Șucu in dialogue with Alberto Zangrillo, his right hand in Genoa. Photo: Imago
It was found that there was the objective necessity of a capital injection at Genoa CFC, both to respect the agreement to restructure the debt approved by the court and in view of the request in this regard from the Treasury.
He demanded to proceed with the agreed increase of the capital of the company due to objective economic insolvency conditions ”.
In February 2026, Dan Șucu has a “match” with A-CAP!
The increase of capital subscribed by Șucu, within a meeting of the shareholders convened between November and December 2024, is also the subject of a process in the civil section of the Genoa Tribunal, which will have to wait seven months to receive the verdict.
Lawyer Marco Arato, the lawyer of the Genoa Club, had twice a case in front of Judge Daniele Bianchi, who rejected two requests of A-CAP. The most important is the one who intended to cancel the documents regarding the capital increase.
“The last time was on May 20, when the magistrate gave a negative answer to the request of the Americans to admit new testimonies and written evidence, accepting, instead, the position of the Genoa club, who request the direct pronouncement of the sentence based on the elements already gathered in the file. The decisive round of the process is scheduled to start in February 2026 ””concluded the daily from Genoa.
