Investigations into politics and malfeasance also involve the 5 Star Movement. Quite a problem for Giuseppe Contewhich up to now had speculated and exploited every piece of news coming from Puglia as from Liguria to accredit himself and the 5 Stars as the purest of the lot.
This is also why what filters out from the prosecutor’s offices of Asti and Turin makes noise, with two investigations both relating to Marco Allegretti. The Movement’s candidate for councilor in the next elections regional in Piedmont in fact he is accused by the investigators of fraudulent theft from the taxes. Two parallel lines started from a maxi-verification of Revenue Agencypoints out Republic also mockingly reporting the grillino’s promise: “I believe in political action for the good of citizens and not for the personal advantage of a few. The 5 stars Water, Environment, Transport, Connectivity and Development are my priorities”, Allegretti loved to repeat to present themselves to the voters.
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Two lines of investigation thus arose from the Revenue investigation: “One for attempting to hide 23 buildings in Asti and another 6 in Turin to avoid a collection procedure involving over two million euros of dispute – he writes Republic -. The other for “alleged research projects allegedly carried out” by its companies, “transferred to third parties or used to obtain tax credits such as capitalized costs of research and development activities, credits which were subsequently offset” by its companies or third parties “.
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Drawing from the degree theses of the students of Polytechnic of Turin and from university projects sold in “packages” to companies, in other words, 50% deductions would be obtained and a part of those advantages would be retained in exchange. A huge scam on you tax credits.
The entities involved in the investigations of the prosecutors of Asti and Turin are respectively Alma Engineering in the first case and the two consortia Cifs and Cinfai and EnviSens Technologies srl “offshoot” of the Polytechnic in the second. But there are around ten companies involved in the credit creation mechanism, with crimes ranging from issuing and using invoices for non-existent operations to undue compensation for a turnover of tens of millions of euros.
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In February 2023, Repubblica always recalls, Allegretti was removed from his position as councilor of Finpiemonte for a disputed violation of the code of ethics. Due to the lack of transparency regarding his and his family’s holdings, the councilor was accused of conflict of interest. The then president of the Order of Engineers of Asti, however, defended himself by speaking of an “exquisitely political” decision and rejecting all charges. Then the descent into politics with the 5 Stars and, today, the roars from the prosecutors.
