US EditionItalian judge acquits influencer Chiara Ferragni over charity fraud claims
Chiara Ferragni was acquitted of aggravated fraud after a fast-track trial in Milan, despite fines and controversies over charity claims involving a Christmas cake and Easter eggs.
- An Italian judge acquitted Italian fashion influencer Chiara Ferragni of fraud charges over allegedly misleading charity sales of Christmas cake and Easter eggs.
- Ferragni, who has 28 million Instagram followers, was previously fined €1.1 million by Italy's competition authority over the product sales.
- Ferragni said 'The nightmare is over' and expressed happiness at regaining control of her life after the acquittal.
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A court in Milan on Wednesday acquitted Italian fashion influencer Chiara Ferragni of aggravated fraud in the promotion and sale of panettone-like Christmas cakes and chocolate Easter eggs, her lawyers said.
The judges do not recognize the aggravated scam for the case of the charity on the pandori: this means that the process of office is not possible. To go to judgment a complaint would be needed, but the only one (Codacons) was withdrawn after the reimbursements of the influencer. Assolta because it had already paid everyone. It is the extreme synthesis of the news that gallops on the ungrateful social: Chiara Ferragni is innocent, the scandal of …
‘Pandoro-gate’: the sweet treat scandal that rocked Italy
Chiara Ferragni, Italy’s most famous influencer, has been cleared of aggravated fraud following one of the country’s most high-profile celebrity trials, dubbed “Pandoro-gate”.“The nightmare is over,” Ferragni said, after the “long-running scandal involving a charity Christmas cake” came to an end yesterday in a Milan courtroom, said the BBC.‘Italian Kardashian’Ferragni is an “O.G. fashion blogger turned influencer turned Italian Kardashian,” sai…
The reality star pretended that charities would benefit from the sales of the Christmas treat, but she mainly walked in herself.
With almost 30 million followers, the Italian woman is one of the most influential influencers. However, fraud charges overshadowed Chiara Ferragni's success.
With the sale of Christmas cake Chiara Ferragni wants to collect donations. But the children's hospital does not get a cent from the Italian influencer. Ferragni loses followers and advertisers. But she does not have to go to prison.
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