been seized by a cerebral stroke and then by a heart attack. Judicial proceedings On 2 May 2008, Scapagnini was sentenced to two years and six months of jail for irregularities in the granting of social security contributions by the municipality to employees for damage caused by ash from Mount Etna. In July 2008, along with 40 other municipal officials, he was investigated for a budget hole created during the eight years of his administration. Nevertheless, he obtained the office of Deputy, granting him immunity to the sentence issued on 2 May 2008. In January 2010, he was adjudicated for ideological forgery in the investigation on the budget hole of hundreds of millions of euros, while in January 2011, Scapagnini was investigated for easy promotions and illegal career advancement of municipal employees in Catania. In February 2011, he was sentenced to four months of jail for abuse of office for having hired his wife's driver, as a consultant to the Municipality of Catania, and in October 2011, he was sentenced to two years and nine months imprisonment for false accounting. References External links Files about his parliamentary activities (in Italian): XVI legislature. 1941 births 2013 deaths Politicians from Naples Forza Italia politicians Criminals from Naples Deputies of Legislature XVI of Italy 20th-century Italian politicians 21st-century Italian politicians Mayors of Catania Physicians from Naples Academic staff of the University of Catania