Naples, the gang of fake certificates: doctors, nurses, entrepreneurs and municipal employees. ALL THE NAMES

There are a total of 96 people under investigation in the major investigation by the Naples Public Prosecutor's Office, which led to the execution of 69 precautionary measures (18 in prison and 51 under house arrest), and revealed an illicit system that profited from cremations and burials, with the involvement of forensic doctors, municipal employees and funeral companies.

The crimes contested range from criminal association aimed at corruption to fraud against the National Health Service, through material and ideological forgery, embezzlement and extortion.

A well-oiled system: doctors, funeral companies and municipal employees

The organization, well-rooted in the Neapolitan territory, was headed by five medical directors of the ASL Napoli 1 Centro, forensic medicine sector: Margherita Tartaglia, Romano, Luigi Rinaldi, Bruno Genovese and Federico Amirante.

Added to these are well-known entrepreneurs in the funeral sector, including Bellomunno, Tammaro and Trombetta. The criminal system made use of a network of collaborators, including funeral company representatives, procurers linked to the world of civil invalidity, public employees of the Cemetery Office and the Registry Office of the Municipality of Naples.

The modus operandi: fake certificates and bribes

The heart of the illegal activity revolved around the issuance of false medical certificates. Forensic doctors, upon payment of sums of money, issued autopsy certificates falsely attesting that the death had occurred at the deceased's home, without carrying out any examination.

In reality, the documentation was drawn up and delivered directly to the offices of the Health District 24 of Naples, in via Chiatamone 33, to the funeral directors. This allowed for the acceleration of funeral procedures, including cremations, bypassing the DNA sampling and without the written authorization of the family members.

In addition, medical examiners issued false disability certificates, which were used to unduly obtain parking permits for disabled people. Funeral homes, in turn, charged customers for the costs of bribes paid to doctors, passing them off as part of the funeral service.

The role of municipal employees: irregular authorizations and omissions

Municipal employees of the Civil Status Office played a crucial role in the system. In exchange for money or other benefits, they issued irregular authorizations for the transportation and cremation of bodies, based on false medical certificates.

Omettevano inoltre di verificare la genuinità delle firme apposte dai familiari sulle autorizzazioni alla cremazione, consentendo la falsificazione dei documenti. In alcuni casi, hanno anche divulgato informazioni riservate, avvisando gli impresari funebri di indagini in corso per permettere loro di ostacolare le attività investigative.

The evidence: wiretaps and investigations

Le indagini, condotte dai Carabinieri del NAS di Napoli, hanno portato alla luce il sistema corruttivo attraverso intercettazioni ambientali e documentali. È emerso che i medici legali redigevano i certificati falsi direttamente nei loro uffici, dove i referenti delle pompe funebri si recavano con tutta la documentazione necessaria.

Irregular authorizations and omissions by municipal employees have allowed funeral homes to perform funeral rites without the legal requirements, ensuring a faster but illegal service.

The GIP's conclusions: a stable criminal association

In the 350-page precautionary order, the Judge for Preliminary Investigations Fabio Prpvviser emphasized how the illicit conducts evidence a stable associative agreement, with each member aware of being part of a criminal association. The illicit activities, systematic and long-lasting, allowed the funeral entrepreneurs to profit, while doctors and municipal employees guaranteed the necessary cover to evade controls.

A system to be dismantled

The operation by the Naples Prosecutor's Office brought to light a criminal system that exploited the bureaucracy and the fragilities of the health and funeral systems.

List of 96 suspects

1. ACCARDO Egidio, born in Naples on 06.11.1960,
2. ACCARINO Massimiliano, born in Naples on 05.07.1973, PRISON
3. AGRILLO Annamaria, born in Naples on 21.11.1930,
4. ALAJO Salvatore, born in Naples on 21.06.1974, HOUSE ARREST
5. ALOISIO Salvatore, born in Naples on 01.02.1983, PRISON
6. AMBROSIO Gaetano, born in Naples on 21.09.1994, HOUSE ARREST
7. FRIEND Federico, born in Naples on 08.12.1960, PRISON
8. ARCHER Luciano, born in Naples on 22.05.1961, PRISON
9. ASCIONE Antonio, born in San Giorgio A Cremano on 03.01.1988, HOUSE ARREST
10. ASCOLESE Vincenzo, born in Naples on 08.05.1988, HOUSE ARREST
11. CROSSBOWERS Paul, born in Pisa on 19.07.1977, HOUSE ARREST
12. BELLOMUNNO Mario, born in Naples on 19.07.1969, PRISON
13. BOTTA Emiliano, born in Naples on 22.09.1991, PRISON
14. BOTTA Renato, born in Naples on 14.07.1945, HOUSE ARREST
15. BUHNE Fulvio, born in Portici (NA) on 12.04.1968, HOUSE ARREST
16. CAIAZZO Arturo, born in Naples on 19.06.1967, HOUSE ARREST
17. CAMPHOR Salvatore, born in Naples on 29.10.1981,
18. CANZANELLA Carlo, born in Naples on 19.11.1973, HOUSE ARREST
19. CANZANELLA Gabriele, born in Naples on 31.07.1964, PRISON
20. Easter SONG, born in Naples on 20.08.1988, HOUSE ARREST
21. CAPOLINO Angel, born in Naples on 25.07.1977, HOUSE ARREST
22. CHARITY Pier Paolo, born in Naples on 07.05.1983,
23. CARRATTA Francesco, born in Naples on 23.12.2001, HOUSE ARREST
24. BOX Gaetano, born in Naples on 26.02.1950,
25. CASTALDO Raffaele, born in Naples on 12.09.1985, HOUSE ARREST
26. KNIGHT Maximus, born in Naples on 21.09.1958, HOUSE ARREST
27. CECERE Davide, born in Naples on 30.08.1986, HOUSE ARREST
28. HUNDRED-HANDED Massimo, born in Naples on 27.06.1987, PRISON
29. CHIARIOTTI Antonior, born in Naples on 16.10.1964, HOUSE ARREST
30. CHIARIOTTI Fabio, born in Naples on 10.05.1960, HOUSE ARREST
31. CIMMAROSA Alessio – born in Naples on 24/03/1992, HOUSE ARREST
32. CIRINO Carmine – born in Naples on 14/02/1984, HOUSE ARREST
33. COLUCCI Antonio – born in Naples on 19/02/1978, HOUSE ARREST
34. COZZOLINO Antonio – born in Naples on 25/08/1982, HOUSE ARREST
35. CUTOLO Silvana – born in Naples on 01/01/1950, HOUSE ARREST
36. D'ABLE Emanuel – born in Mugnano di Napoli (NA) on 21/08/1982, PRISON
37. D'ALESSIO Gennaro – born in Naples on 25/03/1978, HOUSE ARREST
38. MONEY Alexandra – born in Maroussi (Greece) on 05/04/1986,
39. DE GIORGIO Germana – born in Rome on 08/09/1943,
40. FROM NAPLES Leonardo – born in Naples on 30/01/1959, HOUSE ARREST
41. John DE SENA – born in Nola (NA) on 22/09/1994,
42. OF THE YEAR Maximilian – born in Naples on 21/08/1982, HOUSE ARREST
43. OF NARDO Pasquale – born in Naples on 16/02/1988, HOUSE ARREST
44. EVANGELIST Antimo – born in Naples on 15/08/1961, HOUSE ARREST
45. FERRANTE Hector – born in Naples on 15/06/1967.
46. FOUNTAIN Victor – born in Naples on 05/08/1944,
47. STRONG Renato – born in Naples on 19/01/1959, HOUSE ARREST
48. GENOESE Bruno – born in Naples on 25/10/1956, HOUSE ARREST
49. JORDAN Louis – born in Villaricca on 28/11/1982, HOUSE ARREST
50. GRIMALDI Raphael – born in Naples on 24/11/1959, PRISON
51. GUARINO Patricia – born in Naples on 27/08/1956, HOUSE ARREST
52. CROWNED Vincenzo – born in Eppingen (Germany) on 19/05/1972, PRISON
53. LANDI Salvatore – born in Naples on 02/02/1962, HOUSE ARREST
54. LETTER Emanuel – born in Naples on 30/12/1985, PRISON
55. LIGUORI Francis – born in Naples on 26/04/1949,
56. LIGUORI Joseph – born in Naples on 15/07/1992, HOUSE ARREST
57. LUONGO Assumption – born in Naples on 04/11/1955,
58. SEND Federico – born in Naples on 01/08/1955, HOUSE ARREST
59. MARINIELLO Salvatore – born in Naples on 21/08/1947,
60. Federico BATMAN – born in Naples on 29/12/1957,
61.  MENTONE Emanuel, born in San Miniato (PI) on 05.04.2001,
62. .MOCCA Umberto, born in Naples on 09.05.1955, PRISON
63.  MONTUORO Raffaele, born in Naples on 29.05.1972, HOUSE ARREST
64. WALL SAVERand, born in Naples on 13.03.1971, HOUSE ARREST
65. WALL Luca, born in Naples on 15.08.1957,
66. ORPHAN Francis, born in Naples on 16.02.1970, RESIDENCE OBLIGATION
67. PADUANO Vito, born in Naples on 07.03.1966, PRISON
68. PAGANO Italy, born in Naples on 11.01.1948,
69. PEPPER Gennaro, born in Naples on 02.08.2000, HOUSE ARREST
70. PERFECT Carlo, born in Naples on 19.07.1994, PRISON
71. PETRICCIONE Maurizio, born in Naples on 17.09.1974, PRISON
72. PICCIRILLO Ciro, born in Naples on 05.08.1968, HOUSE ARREST
73. PILATE John, born in Naples on 18.05.1980, HOUSE ARREST
74. PISTOLESE Guido, born in Naples on 30.05.1955,
75. RICCIO Gennaro, born in Naples on 22.10.1971, HOUSE ARREST
76. RINALDI Louis, born in Pompei (NA) on 13.03.1958, PRISON
77. RIZZO Angela, born in Naples on 18.05.1964,
78. ROMAN Michael, born in Cercola (NA) on 31.08.1959, HOUSE ARREST
79. ROMAN Rosary, born in Naples on 10.01.1966, HOUSE ARREST
80. RUSSIAN Cyrus, born in Naples on 27.10.1983, HOUSE ARREST
81. SEAL Anna, born in Naples on 09.08.1951,
82. SIMONETTI Julius, born in Pozzuoli on 19.07.1957,
83. EMERALD Angelina, born in Naples on 19.09.1949,
84. STRANGE Francesco, born in Naples on 31.03.1958, HOUSE ARREST
85. STRAZZULLO Mario, born in Naples on 11.04.1956,
86. STRAZZULLO Oreste, born in Naples on 02.02.1974, HOUSE ARREST
87. CUTTERS Ombretta, born in Naples on 02.03.1969,
88. TAMMARO Gennaro, born in Naples on 13.02.1978, PRISON
89. PASQUALE TAMMARO, born in Naples on 04.04.1984, HOUSE ARREST
90. TARTAGLIA Margherita, born in Naples on 27.02.1964, PRISON
91. TRUMPET Joseph, born in Naples on 15.05.1979, HOUSE ARREST
92. TRUMPET Nazarene, born in Naples on 21.05.1978, HOUSE ARREST
93. TUCCILLO CASTALDO Giancarlo, born in Naples on 09.06.1977, HOUSE ARREST
94. TURIN Luigi, born in Naples on 16.09.1948,
95. VILLANI Luigi, born in Naples on 18.07.1957, HOUSE ARREST
96. I WANT Luigi, born in Piedimonte Matese (BN) on 01.01.1943,