The suspects allegedly illegally used non-existent tax credits relating to incentives to offset tax debts
Four people were arrested by the Barletta Financial Police who seized assets worth around 2 million euros as part of an investigation into an alleged fraud linked to the tax incentives of the Facade Bonus, Ecobonus, building renovations and investments in the South. The suspects allegedly illegally used non-existent tax credits relating to incentives to offset tax debts. The investigations, which started from a targeted economic-financial police initiative in relation to the incentives provided by the so-called “Relaunch Decree”, made it possible to reveal a fraudulent system based on the creation of false tax credits for companies and individuals linked to the organizers of the fraud, finding how a cooperative company had used fictitious credits – for over 2 million euros – for building works and investments never undertaken on non-existent properties, with the aim of not paying tax withholdings, social security contributions and local taxes , reducing or even eliminating in some cases the debt towards the Treasury. The suspects, through the recognition of non-existent tax credits financed with resources from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), misled the Financial Administration. Among the assets seized were 7 cars, 2 motorcycles, 8 valuable watches and company shares. The operation was carried out in the provinces of Barletta, Brescia and Bergamo.
