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The spokesman of Monte Paschi di Siena, the Italian bank at the centre of an investigation into alleged corruption and fraud, has been found dead at its Siena headquarters, a judicial source and a banking source have told the Reuters news agency.The spokesman of Monte Paschi di Siena, the Italian bank at the centre of an investigation into alleged corruption and fraud, has been found dead at its Siena headquarters, a judicial source and a banking source have told the Reuters news agency.
David Rossi was the head of the bank's communications unit. A witness said his body, which had been covered with a sheet, lay beneath an open window overlooking a back street outside the building, a restored 14th century fortress.

The judicial source said prosecutors were investigating whether Rossi killed himself; Italian news agencies ANSA and AGI reported suicide as the cause of death.

Rossi, born in 1961, was the spokesman of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena's foundation, the bank's biggest shareholder, from 2001 to 2006. When Giuseppe Mussari, the foundation's chairman, became chairman of the bank itself in 2006 Rossi remained his spokesman.

Rossi, who was not under investigation himself, was among several people whose homes and offices were searched in February as part of a probe into the lender's purchase of Antonveneta in 2007 and subsequent losses linked to complex derivatives deals.		David Rossi was the head of the bank's communications unit. A witness said his body, which had been covered with a sheet, lay beneath an open window overlooking a back street outside the building, a restored 14th century fortress.

The judicial source said prosecutors were investigating whether Rossi killed himself; Italian news agencies ANSA and AGI reported suicide as the cause of death.

Rossi, born in 1961, was the spokesman of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena's foundation, the bank's biggest shareholder, from 2001 to 2006. When Giuseppe Mussari, the foundation's chairman, became chairman of the bank itself in 2006 Rossi remained his spokesman.

Rossi, who was not under investigation himself, was among several people whose homes and offices were searched in February as part of a probe into the lender's purchase of Antonveneta in 2007 and subsequent losses linked to complex derivatives deals.
Mussari is under investigation in the probe on allegations of misleading regulators, market manipulation and false information in the prospectus of the Antonveneta deal.Mussari is under investigation in the probe on allegations of misleading regulators, market manipulation and false information in the prospectus of the Antonveneta deal.
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