(ANSA) – PERUGIA, APRIL 06 – A former Roman accountant, who called himself “emperor”, is believed to be the architect of a complex illicit system which, through controlled bankruptcies, scams against entrepreneurs, tax fraud and other crimes, would seem aimed at leading to the failure of a large number of companies, accumulating debts estimated as a total of almost 50 million euros to the detriment of suppliers and employees of the companies as well as the tax authorities. This is what emerges from an investigation by the Carabinieri del Ros coordinated by the Perugia prosecutor’s office.
The man and a financial consultant of Calabrian origins but a long-time resident in Perugia ended up in prison as they were considered “top figures” of the group while three suspects, operating mainly in Rome, were placed under house arrest.
According to what emerged from the investigations – reads a press release from the Perugia prosecutor’s office -, the alleged illicit mechanism, repeated several times, would have consisted in particular in the acquisition of companies on the market in Umbria, Tuscany, Lazio, Lombardy, Puglia, Trentino Alto Adige and Campania, operating in sectors such as advertising, construction, tourism, health, care for the elderly, management of kindergartens, IT and commerce; in the fictitious name of the companies purchased; in the transfer of the most profitable and profitable assets often including important public contracts (from the University of Rome La Sapienza, the Municipality of Ravenna and the Province of Bolzano) to other companies attributable to the organization. The suspects – on the basis of the accusatory reconstruction – would thus be able on the one hand to empty the acquired companies of all availability, depriving them of any assets that could be attacked, suppress their accounting documentation and then assign them to bankruptcy, thus making the claims of creditors and tax authorities vain. , on the other hand, to continue the management of the distracted profitable activities, diverting the “huge revenues” to further companies, also registered as nominees or, through other channels, made to reach the alleged associates directly. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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