07-14-2013, 04:15 PM
"Greed is a sin against God, just as all mortal sins, in as much as man condemns things eternal for the sake of temporal things." Busted...
The Vatican has frozen the assets of a monsignor who was arrested in a plot to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) into Italy and warned Friday that other people may be caught up in the investigation.
The Vatican's chief prosecutor on July 9 froze the accounts at the Vatican bank of Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, who was arrested by Italian authorities June 28 on accusations of corruption and slander. Scarano allegedly plotted to bring 20 million euros into Italy from Switzerland in July of last year aboard a private jet to avoid declaring it at customs.
A judge has refused to grant him house arrest; he remains at Rome's Queen of Heaven prison.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-5759...smuggling/
The Vatican has frozen the assets of a monsignor who was arrested in a plot to smuggle 20 million euros ($26 million) into Italy and warned Friday that other people may be caught up in the investigation.
The Vatican's chief prosecutor on July 9 froze the accounts at the Vatican bank of Monsignor Nunzio Scarano, who was arrested by Italian authorities June 28 on accusations of corruption and slander. Scarano allegedly plotted to bring 20 million euros into Italy from Switzerland in July of last year aboard a private jet to avoid declaring it at customs.
A judge has refused to grant him house arrest; he remains at Rome's Queen of Heaven prison.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-5759...smuggling/