TREVISO. The Treviso financiers, as part of the fight against fraud on tax breaks, have ascertained that a Treviso company, between 2020 and 2022, defrauded approximately 2,000 people domiciled in Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont: they were all interested in accessing the 110% super building bonus, provided for by the Relaunch decree. The company presented itself as a general contractor capable of following the entire path that would allow access to tax breaks (not only super bonuses, but also eco bonuses, facade bonuses, renovation bonuses, earthquake bonuses, etc.). Initially, by offering a turnkey package, it proposed itself as a contact person capable of dealing with the entire practice of building redevelopment works with the benefit of concessions, including the execution of the works and the transfer of the related tax credits, guaranteeing good end of the investigation for obtaining the bonus. In reality, after having received the fee for the feasibility study of the works, the promoted services were not provided, preventing customers from obtaining the tax benefits required by law. Then, in phase 2, as the Gdf explains in a note, the company “emphasized the transfer of the accrued tax credit as the only form of payment, to be supported exclusively at the end of the redevelopment works, failing, however, to inform the victims that the repayment of the sum of money paid in advance for the start of the feasibility investigation, between 300 and 2,500 euros, would only occur upon completion of the redevelopment works”.
The investigations by the Treviso financiers, who interviewed around 350 customers and searched the headquarters of the general contractor, as well as the homes of the administrators and sales agents, “demonstrated the fraudulent conduct of the Treviso company, which in reality never started one job.” The total amount of the scams was quantified at approximately two million euros, equal to the amounts paid by customers for the feasibility studies. The company, which was also the recipient of a sanction by the Competition and Market Authority for unfair commercial practices, is currently in a state of insolvency, “due to the illicit behavior of the directors which aggravated the collapse.” The two directors who have managed the company over time have therefore been reported to the Treviso Prosecutor’s Office for fraud. The intervention of the Treviso Financial Police was able to be carried out “also thanks to the active collaboration of the victims, who presented numerous complaints and complaints to the departments of the Northern Italian Corps”, we finally read in the note from the Fiamme Gialle.
