Mario Scaramella

Mario Scaramella (born 23 April 1970) is an Italian lawyer, security consultant and nuclear expert who came to international prominence in 2006 in connection with the poisoning of the ex-FSB agent Alexander Litvinenko. He served as an investigator and adviser to the Mitrokhin Commission. Scaramella is currently under investigation by the Italian justice department for calumny

While working for the Mitrokhin Commission, Scaramella claimed a Ukrainian ex-KGB agent living in Naples, Alexander Talik, conspired with three other Ukrainians to assassinate Senator Guzzanti. The Ukrainians were arrested, but Talik claimed that Scaramella had invented the story of the assassination attempt, which brought the calumny charge on him. Talik also claimed that rocket propelled grenades sent to him in Italy had in fact been sent by Scaramella himself.