The star of social networks, Ivan Szydlik, ended up in prison on charges of aggravated fraud, self-laundering and financial abuse. The Fiamme Gialle of the Verbania Provincial Command arrested him at dawn on Thursday 13 June at the end of a long investigation conducted by the Milan Prosecutor’s Office into repeated episodes of aggravated fraud, for which Szydlik had been reported. At the center of the investigation is one fraud lasted for almost ten years with the support of social media, linked to the resale of Rolex, Patek Philippe and Ademars Pigue, sold for astronomical prices but never delivered. A week ago the TikTok star appeared on the web to denounce the hacking of her personal profiles.
One million euro scam
According to the prosecution, Ivan Errichiello, this is the real name of the well-known reseller, would have exploited his popularity on social networks as a luxury watch dealer dedicated to the good life and luxury cars to scam customers. From the investigations coordinated by the Milanese prosecutor’s office it emerged that i precious watches that Szydlik flaunted on the web, were never delivered to customers and the alleged sales of company shares, which the man proposed to other unsuspecting buyers, were in reality empty boxes. The social media star, who on Instagram and TikTok is followed by over two million fans, had set up a scam worth over a million euros, money which was then reinvested in other self-laundered luxury goods with illicit which would also have been carried out in other European states such as the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Serbia and Belgium.
Ivan Szydlik, Reservoir Dogs then prison
Hyenas had dealt with him a year ago, reporting the alleged crimes committed by Ivan Szydlik following numerous reports of defrauded customers. The man had denied any wrongdoing, continuing to live the good life and flaunt his wealth and luxuries on the web. When the Verbania Guardia di Finanza arrested him, Szydlik (who resides in Switzerland) was crossing the Italian border from the Canton of Ticino. His right-hand man, Davide Lo Monaco, also ended up in handcuffs with him; the man whom investigators consider a “wooden head”, to whom Szydlik registered his company and bank accounts.
The investigating judge of Milan Alessandra Di Fazio ordered the precautionary measure of custody in prison – in San Vittore for Szydlik, in Verbania for Lo Monaco – as it exists “an intense danger of recurrence and the danger of escape”.
