At this point, there are few people left in the world who have access to social networks and do not know Chiara Ferragni. The model and businesswoman is one of the influencers with the greatest global reach. Chiara accumulates more than 29 million followers on Instagram, where she usually shares her daily life, outfits, and her life with her family with rapper Fedez. However, the model’s idyllic life has suffered a real blow in recent hours, since her companies have been fined more than one million euros.

As we said, Ferragni has received a business blow in the last few hours. The famous model’s companies have been fined more than one million euros, while the Balocco company must pay 420,000 euros for “incorrect commercial practice,” as reported by the Competition and Market Guarantee Authority ( AGCOM) of Italy. The influencer’s companies “made consumers understand that, by purchasing Balocco’s pandoro (traditional Christmas sweet) with the name Ferragni, they would contribute to a donation to the Regina Margherita Hospital in Turin”, which turned out to be false, according to AGCOM. it’s a statement.

The donation in question in question was 50,000 euros and had already been made by Balocco months before, while companies linked to Chiara Ferragni raised more than one million euros thanks to this initiative. The Antitrust Authority “sanctioned the companies Fenice and TBS Crew, which manage the brands and rights relating to the personality and personal identity of Chiara Ferragni, respectively, for 400,000 euros and 675,000 euros, and Balocco for 420,000 euros,” according to what they point out. the latest information.

The three companies mentioned are accused of “having engaged in an unfair commercial practice by advertising the ‘Pandoro Pink Christmas’, which bore the name of Chiara Ferragni, implying to consumers that, by purchasing it, they would have contributed to a donation to the Regina Margherita Hospital in Turin to acquire new machinery for the therapeutic treatment of children with osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma.”

“The companies Fenice and TBS Crew collected more than one million euros in remuneration for the license of the Ferragni brands and for the production of advertising content without paying anything to the Regina Margherita Hospital in Turin,” explains the AGCOM in the Press release.

Antitrust highlights that the unfair practice could be seen in various behaviors of the companies, such as “making people believe, in the press release presenting the initiative, that by purchasing the ‘Pandoro Pink Christmas’ for more than 9 euros, instead of around 3.70 euros for the unbranded Pandoro, consumers would contribute to the donation that, in fact, Balocco had already made.

On the other hand, there is talk of the dissemination of false information about the donation and the participation of the famous influencer in each Pandoro, in addition to the fact that this “was offered to the public at a price of approximately two and a half times the classic Pandoro” (it is sold for 9 euros instead of 3.70), which “had also contributed to misleading consumers by reinforcing their perception that they could contribute to the donation.”

“This practice has considerably limited the freedom of choice of consumers by increasing their sensitivity towards charitable initiatives, in particular those aimed at helping children affected by serious illnesses”, which represents “an unfair commercial practice, characterized by misleading elements “, the organization ends by saying.

Be that as it may, Chiara’s setbacks are piling up. The health of her husband, Fedez, has been the protagonist of several setbacks in recent months. It was last September when the rapper suffered internal bleeding that forced him to enter a hospital. Additionally, a few months ago he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Despite all these setbacks, the family has remained united, and there is no greater triumph for them than that.