Maxi scam behind increases in bills, 22 arrests between Italy and Germany

A maxi scam in the energy sector that generated higher bills was discovered by the Guardia di Finanza. Twenty-two arrests carried out between Italy and Germany and assets for 41 million euros seized. The financial police of Aosta, with the support of the Central Investigation Service on Organized Crime, of the Special Unit for Public Spending and Community Fraud Repression, of the Special Unit for the Protection of Privacy and Repression of Technological Fraud, has carried out an ordinance of precautionary custody in prison, issued by the investigating judge of the Court of Turin, against 17 persons under investigation for criminal association, aggravated fraud for obtaining public funds and money laundering. This is an international operation which, thanks to the coordination of the European Agency for Judicial Cooperation-Eurojust, was developed in close synergy with the German authorities with the establishment of a joint investigation team between the Aosta and Duisburg prosecutors. which allowed an incessant and fruitful exchange of investigative results, up to today’s joint action day. This morning, in fact, the Duisburg Criminal Police carried out, together with the Italian Guardia di Finanza, five arrests against an Italian living in Switzerland and four Germans, one of whom is domiciled in the province of Catania. All accused of money laundering. Along with the arrests, dozens of searches and seizures of current accounts, financial assets, properties and cryptocurrencies were carried out, up to a value of 41 million euros, or the equivalent of the sums obtained with the fraud put in place and those recycled. The facts date back to the period 2016-2020. The suspects are a total of 113.