Convicted man pretends to be poor to be admitted to free legal aid: but he had forgotten to report earnings of 300 thousand euros. Discovered and reported.
As part of their investigations into the misuse of subsidized social benefits, the Guardia di Finanza (Fiamme Gialle) of the Treviso Provincial Command discovered that a convicted felon living in the Treviso area had applied to the local court for legal aid, declaring an income of €11 for 2022.
However, he failed to declare illicit proceeds amounting to approximately €300. For this false declaration, the man was reported to the Treviso Public Prosecutor's Office and barred from accessing legal aid, a program that allows poor individuals to obtain free legal assistance.
The investigations were started at the request of the Preliminary Investigations Judge of Treviso, who asked to verify the conformity of the subject's declaration with the legal requirements.
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By cross-referencing the data with databases, the financial police discovered that the individual, who already had numerous criminal convictions for property crimes and is currently under investigation for fraud, extortion, and personal injury committed in the province of Treviso, had failed to declare illicit profits from scams carried out in the provinces of Arezzo, Caserta, Salerno, Venice, Verona, and Vicenza.
These scams involved the online sale of used cars, for which buyers made payments but never received the vehicles.
The suspect, who now faces a serious crime punishable by one to five years in prison and a fine of €1 to €5, was recently notified of the conclusion of the preliminary investigation.
The operation by the Treviso Financial Police, in collaboration with local judicial offices, aimed to prevent the improper granting of legal aid to those who were not entitled to it, thus ensuring the proper use of public resources earmarked for those truly experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage.
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