They benefited from money granted by the state to help companies and traders in difficulty due to the pandemic illegally.
The mega fraud of 440 million euros, carried out by professionals, entrepreneurs and accountants who were not entitled to this money, has been discovered by the Guardia di Finanza. From the intercepts, it appears that some of the suspects declared that "the emergence of the coronavirus has brought good things".
"I don't know where to open an account"
In the wiretaps, the accused are heard saying: "I don't know where to go anymore to open current accounts around the world." Using dogs for money, during a search the Guardia di Finanza found trolleys full of banknotes: the organization had managed, through Neapolitan companies, to earn money from bonuses.
A total of 78 people under investigation and 35 security measures given by the investigating judge, while the total amount of illegally obtained funds is 440 million euros.
Eight people ended up in prison and 4 others under house arrest, while 20 entrepreneurs were banned from practicing their activity and 3 accountants were banned from practicing their profession.
Organization based in Rimini and branches throughout Italy
According to what emerged from the investigations of the Gdf, they were part of an association based in Rimini, but with branches throughout Italy, responsible for the creation and trading of false tax credits for an amount of 440 million euros, instrument among measures provided by the government with the Restart 2020 decree to help businesses and traders in difficulty.
The execution of the measures was carried out not only in Emilia Romagna, but also in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Campania, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, Puglia, Sicily, Tuscany, Trentino and Veneto. The Guardia di Finanza of Rimini together with other territorial departments, Scico, (Central Investigative Service for Organized Crime) and the special technological fraud unit also carried out around eighty checks and seized false tax credits, assets and companies for the crime of taking unfair disbursement to the detriment of the state. Of the suspects, 9 had applied for citizenship income, while the other three had precedents for mafia-type organizations.
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