Maxi fraud worth 300 million euros discovered by Financial Police of the Provincial Command of Salerno. The operation, directed by the Prosecutor’s Office Lower Nocera, led to the arrest of 9 people, the issuing of a residence ban and the preventive seizure of assets worth over 54 million euros. 64 individuals and 28 companies were involved in the investigation.
The ordinance, issued by Magistrate of Nocera Inferiorehe predicts personal precautionary measures, with arrests both in prison and under house arrest, in addition to the residence ban for another individual. The crimes of criminal association, money laundering, tax fraud, aggravated fraud to the detriment of the State, false material and administrative liability for crimes of the entities are contested for various reasons.
The operation, called «Hive», was conducted by the financiers of the Scafati Company with the collaboration of other departments of the Guardia di Finanza, including the Scico and the dog units «cash dog». The seizures of properties were carried out in the Province of Salerno, while assets and valuables were also sealed in the Provinces of Rome, Milan, Caserta, Naples, Avellino, Novara, Frosinone and Varese.
The investigations, conducted through documentary and bank checks, searches, seizures, telephone and environmental interceptions, made it possible to unmask a far-reaching criminal organisation. This organization operated a group of fictitious companies, with no real organizational structure, used to issue false invoices and provide cash liquidity to compliant entrepreneurs. According to what was declared by the prosecutor Antonio Centore, the investigation revealed a well-structured network, with logistical bases and ramifications both in Italy and abroad, mainly aimed at committing tax crimes.
