The head of Italy’s biggest drug company has been asked to pay more than €3 billion as part of a tax inquiry into his business, Ansa news agency reported yesterday.
Alberto Aleotti, 87, is the chief executive of Florence-based Menarini, which is also one of Europe’s largest pharmaceutical companies.
The sum includes unpaid taxes, fines and interest payments, the report said.
Italian authorities last month seized more than €1 billion from Mr Menarini on suspicion of tax fraud linked to a bank in Liechtenstein.
A lawyer for the firm earlier rejected the accusations.