An investigation by the Guardia di Finanza reveals that As Livorno was defrauded in 2020

Livorno – As Livorno Calcio, the club that belonged to Aldo Spinelli (it was not registered in the 2021-22 Serie D championship and was declared bankrupt in 2022, ed.), was one of the victims of a real partnership criminal who defrauded Italian and foreign citizens by obtaining false guarantees and fraudulently using an Anglo-Saxon law institution. Among the sports clubs victimized by these scams not only the old Livorno, but also Arezzo and Novara.

The maxi investigation carried out by the Padua Financial Police, under the direction of the local Public Prosecutor’s Office, reached its first turning point yesterday with the execution of a Court order which ordered eleven personal precautionary measures and the seizure of assets for 3.5 million euros towards the members of the gang.

Among the members of the group are a 71-year-old lawyer registered with the Padua bar, a sixty-year-old resident of Abano and another person from Benevento now all three in prison. Four people ended up under house arrest. In the context of the investigation, the Fiamme Gialle also carried out dozens of searches in many provinces including Benevento, Padua, Bergamo, Cremona, Florence, Foggia, Milan, Turin and Venice.

In particular, As Livorno, to register for the 2020-21 Lega Pro championship, then found itself forced to replace a guarantee, rejected by the League, and stipulated with an English bank (Winter Bank, ed.) for a value of around 900 thousand euros.

As explained by the Guardia di Finanza itself, the victims, often entrepreneurs and investors in need of further financial resources, were induced through a “recruiter” belonging to the organization to contact a lawyer who, however, once he had received the sum from the depositors, security, in some cases even several million euros, he shared it with his accomplices by making a series of transfers to foreign current accounts.