Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the omission of retrocessions and bank accounts from the company's accounts constituted false certification under Art. 251 StGB.
Decisione estratta
Yes. The retrocessions were business-related income of the company and had to be recorded in the annual accounts; omitting them produced an incomplete and false picture.
Motivazione estratta
Retrocessions were not customer trust assets but compensation from the broker for services linked to the company's business. They had to be entered as income, with any customer reimbursement claims shown separately; set-off was excluded. Their concealment also hid private withdrawals.