Criminal proceedings opened against Lombardi
Circulation Fraud: The Ticino Public Prosecutor's Office has filed charges in the case involving falsified circulation figures at the *Giornale del Popolo*.
Circulation falsification The public prosecutor's office in Ticino has brought charges in the Giornale del Popolo circulation falsification affair, and in addition to the former editor-in-chief Filippo Lombardi - now head of TeleTicino and Telesuisse - nine other people are being prosecuted, according to the SDA news agency. At Wemf, the Giornale del Popolo reported a circulation of 25,223 copies in 1993 instead of 24,143. In 1994, the further decline in circulation was even adjusted from 23556 to 27319 copies.
