Casoria – A fraudulent mechanism that would have allowed undue tax savings of 2,5 million euro was exposed by the Financial Police of Naples, which today performed two seizure orders against a road freight transport company based in Casoria and its attorney.
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The provision, issued by GIP of the Court of Naples, was carried out on behalf of the Prosecutor's Office, as part of an investigation coordinated by the Economic Crime Section and conducted by Frattamaggiore group.
The fraudulent system
The investigation has brought to light a well-tested strategy for evade taxes, based on the use of paper companies, registered to mere front men but in fact managed by the same entrepreneur under investigation. Through these fictitious companies, invoices for non-existent operations, with inflated costs relating to the supply of manpower and means of transport, thus reducing the tax base of the main company.
The workers and means of transport, according to what was reconstructed by the investigators, were formally attributed to the shell companies, which however did not pay the related taxes, concentrating the tax burden on subjects destined to fail. In this way, the entrepreneur would have evaded the tax authorities 2,5 million euro between VAT and IRES, which was then the subject of today's seizure.
Seizures and suspects
The seizure measures concerned current accounts, movable and immovable assets in the name of the transport company and its legal representative, for a total amount of 2.458.689 €.
In addition to the Casoria entrepreneur, master of the fraud, the Prosecutor's Office has seven other people investigated on charges of issue of false invoices e fraudulent bankruptcy, having caused, through repeated fraudulent conduct and failure to pay tax obligations and debts, the bankruptcy of one of the companies involved.
This is not the first time that the main suspect has ended up in the crosshairs of justice: he is in fact already involved in a previous proceeding for fraudulent bankruptcy linked to “clone” company, a matter for which criminal action has already been initiated.
Administrative liability for four companies
In the context of the investigation, the administrative responsibility a four companies attributable to the entrepreneur, deemed an integral part of the fraudulent system and beneficiaries of the advantages deriving from the ascertained illicit conduct.
The investigation continues to reconstruct any further ramifications of the fraud and identify other possible perpetrators.
Article published on March 27, 2025 - 13pm
This article is very interesting and makes you think about how the tax system can be evaded. It is incredible that there are people who exploit the laws in this way. Let's hope that justice takes its course.