Parmalat Finanziaria SpA’s founder and former chairman Calisto Tanzi was granted house arrest, his lawyer Fabio Belloni said.

Parmalat founder Calisto Tanzi, who is under arrest for his alleged role in the food giant’s near-collapse, has been rushed to hospital with heart problems.

A Parmalat employee who had been questioned in the Italian company’s fraud scandal died in an apparent suicide after he jumped off a bridge into a river, officials said.

Prosecutors today questioned Calisto Tanzi, the founder and former chief executive of Parmalat, hours after he was detained by police in connection with alleged fraud surrounding the near-collapse of the dairy company.