2 million euros seized in eco-bonus scam in Messina, Italy – VIDEO
The Guardia di Finanza of Messina has executed a precautionary seizure order issued by the judge for preliminary investigations of the Tribunal of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, which ordered a preventative seizure of approximately 1.7 million euros against four individuals and a credit institution, in the context of an investigation into the improper receipt of building bonuses.
The investigations, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the Tribunal of Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, concerning a fraudulent system devised to profit from the tax benefits introduced by Decree Law 34 of 2020 – known as the “Relaunch” decree and subsequent integrations – originated from the analysis of some abnormal money movements, consisting of bank transfers ordered by the suspects to foreign bank accounts under the guise of “credit transfer for tax credits.”
Based on initial investigations, the finance police from the Guardia di Finanza in Milazzo found that substantial financial flows, amounting to over 800,000 euros, originated from a credit institution that had monetized tax incentives for certain taxpayers related to the “eco-bonus – seismic bonus – facade bonus – building recovery bonus,” transferred through the “credit assignment” platform of the Revenue Agency.
Further investigations, including requests for data from the Revenue Agency and local authorities, reserved inspections, and complex bank checks, enabled the reconstruction of additional significant credits obtained through the insertion of false declarations into computer systems, specially prepared by the suspects solely to obtain the fiscal benefits offered by the State for the restructuring of buildings.
In particular, the investigating authorities discovered that the applicants had not assigned maintenance works to any company, nor received any invoices corresponding to the self-certified amounts in their applications. Furthermore, there was no record of any mandatory notification of the start of works, the so-called Cila/Cilas, at the relevant municipal offices, and the suspects were not even the owners or tenants, for any reason, of the properties in question.
The fictitious tax credits thus created were then transferred by the suspects to a credit institution for subsequent monetization, even going so far as to divide the total amount through multiple sales in order to evade anti-money laundering regulations.
Truffa sugli eco-bonus nel Messinese, sequestrati quasi 2 milioni di euro VIDEO
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