Rome, 30 June (LaPresse) – A new line of inquiry will be opened alongside the main investigation into the murder of Anastasia Trofimova and her daughter Andromeda, found dead on 7 June at Villa Pamphili in Rome. At the centre of the investigation, coordinated by Deputy Prosecutor Giuseppe Cascini and Public Prosecutor Antonio Verdi, is a possible fraud against the state linked to the film “Stelle della Notte” (Stars of the Night), which never made it to the cinemas but was granted public funding in the form of a tax credit. The alleged author of the project is Francis Kaufmann, alias Rexal Ford, currently detained in Greece on charges of aggravated double murder. The man, believed to be responsible for the murders of Anastasia and little Andromeda, is also believed to be the creator and promoter of the film under investigation. Last Friday, on behalf of the Rome Public Prosecutor's Office, the police acquired documentation from the offices of the Directorate-General for Cinema and Audiovisuals of the Ministry of Culture (MIC) on the granting of tax credits to the film project. The investigators' spotlight has also turned to the production company Coevolutions, which is formally linked to the film. With its registered office in the Parioli district, the company and its director, Marco Perotti, are not currently listed in the register of suspects. However, the Public Prosecutor's Office is examining the company's requests for access to public funds in an attempt to reconstruct the financial and banking flows that could involve Kaufmann. The investigative hypothesis is that the film project may have been a pretext for illegally accessing state funding, taking advantage of the tax credit mechanisms provided for the audiovisual sector.
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