Scratch cards stolen in Naples, deposited in a bank in Latina

The 500 thousand euro scratch card stolen in Naples was deposited in a bank in Latina, where it was seized. Obviously, ticket redemption has been blocked. The Carabinieri carried out the arrest ordered by the Naples Public Prosecutor’s Office against Gaetano Scutellaro, the tobacconist in the Stella district of Naples who allegedly snatched the 500,000 euro scratch card just validated from the hands of one of his employees. With that in his pocket he had disappeared on a scooter and only yesterday reappeared at Fiumicino airport, ready to board a plane bound for Tenerife, Spain. To the border police, who framed him thanks to the alert on his identity, he said he wanted to file a complaint against the same client, a 70-year-old, who, according to him, had falsely accused him of having stolen a winning coupon. by the agents, he was searched and reported for multiple theft and attempted extortion against the woman, the legitimate owner of the winning ticket. The checks carried out in the hours following the arrest made it possible to ascertain that the man, after having become unavailable following the removal of the winning coupon, had taken refuge in Latina where he deposited the winning ticket in a well-known credit institution, opening a bank account in his name, in order to deposit the scratch card worth 500 thousand euros, now seized, and to be able to cash it later, when the waters have calmed down. To confirm the reconstruction the same banking institution, informed of the investigation in progress and warned to block the operation of the account pending the issuance of the seizure order. Numici e Lotterie, Stefano Saracchi, immediately proceeded to block the collection of the Scratch and Win ticket. In addition, a note from the Adm reports “in the light of the fact that inside the bookstore, a subject connected by a relationship operated at the validation terminal of kinship with the owner, having fled with the coupon and then becoming unavailable, Adm for the protection of consumers and for the safeguarding of the legitimacy of the rules on public gaming, deems it necessary to initiate the procedure for the precautionary suspension of the fiduciary relationship at the basis of the concession issued “. For these reasons the Adm Offices of the Campania Management have been appointed to val use with extreme urgency the immediate suspension of the activity of both the betting shop and the resale itself, pending the outcome of the investigations at the end of which it will be possible to assess the conditions for the revocation of all the titles granted by the Administration.