For the scandal of Monte dei Paschi di Siena some frontline politician could end up in prison. It’s a very plausible hypothesis. A gaping hole of 21 billion (7 billion overpricing of Antoveneta, 7 billion in further payments abroad, and 7 billion in debt taken on as a result of the purchase, that’s 42,000 billion in old lire, twice the amount for Parmalat, a hole equal to 5 times the money generated by the IMU property tax). Without the go ahead from “the System” it’s logically and materially and humanly impossible.