Four people were arrested (one in prison, three under house arrest) and assets worth approximately two million euros seized by the Barletta Financial Police for an alleged fraud linked to the tax incentives of the Facade Bonus, Ecobonus, building renovations and investments in the South. The accusation is aggravated fraud against the State: the suspects allegedly illegally used non-existent tax credits relating to incentives to offset tax debts. The operation concerned the provinces of Barletta, Brescia and Bergamo.
The investigations, coordinated by the Trani Prosecutor’s Office, revealed a fraudulent system implemented by a cooperative company that allegedly used fictitious credits – for over 2 million euros – for construction work and investments never undertaken on totally non-existent properties, with the aim of not paying tax withholdings, social security contributions and local taxes, reducing or even sometimes eliminating the debt towards the Treasury. The suspects are the director of a cooperative company, two company directors and a professional.
Real estate, valuables, sums, securities, seven cars, two motorcycles, eight valuable watches, company shares and a corporate compendium of a cooperative company which has a turnover of over 8 million euroswith simultaneous entrustment of the same to a judicial administrator.
