False credits on building bonuses, seizure of 1.7 million euros, three Polesans are in trouble. The Loreo Tenenza Financial Police discovered the scam on renovation work never took place and hatched, with a now consolidated mechanism, by three men resident in the Lower Polesine. The Venice Public Prosecutor’s Office has ordered the semergency preventive seizure of three suspects, in the province of Rovigo, for aggravated fraud against the State and self-laundering, for the transfer of false tax credits for work linked to the “Ecobonus” and the “Facade Bonus” which were never carried out. The suspects, already known to the police, are legal representatives of four companies. The seized assets consist of money, a three-story residential building and two agricultural lands, for a total value of over 1.7 million euros. The provision was carried out both at the credit institutions and at Sogei («Società Generale d’Informatica Spa», the company 100% controlled by the Ministry of Economy and Finance which carries out IT consultancy for the Public Administration and for tax agencies). THE seizures were validated by the investigating judge of the Court of Venice.
The investigation
The investigation of the Yellow Flames, lasted about a year, was conducted by the Loreo Financial Police following a report from the «Control Room» for the coordination of anti-fraud activities relating to the transfer of tax credits. The hypothesized scam would have consisted of apply for fictitious tax credits connected to renovation work never carried out on properties of unaware owners, located in numerous provinces in Italy. The facts date back to the two-year period 2021-2022. Once the requested credits were obtained, these would be sold to four companies, often newly established and created “ad hoc” but in fact non-existent, which would have been based in civilian homes or condominiums located in locations different from the municipality of residence of the legal representatives. Through the shell companies to which they were sold, i credits would have been monetized at «Poste Italiane Spa», for a total value of almost 3.5 million euros and used for the purchase of houses, cars and land. In addition to the alleged creators of the fraud, the owner of a joint-stock company to which fictitious credits worth almost 400,000 euros had been assigned and the companies receiving the financial flows accumulated even though the building renovation work had never taken place are under investigation.
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