Posted on 12/12/07
Montreal cheese magnate denies link to alleged Mafia scheme
MONTREAL, ROME -- One of Canada's wealthiest businessmen, Montreal cheese magnate Lino Saputo, is denying that his company has ties to a Mafia money-laundering scheme.Italian police arrested Rome-based entrepreneur Mariano Turrisi last month in connection with an alleged plan to launder $600-million (U.S.) for Vito Rizzuto, the godfather of the Montreal Mafia.
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