The February 2 hearing of the summary trial held before preliminary hearing judge Luca della Ragione of the Court of Naples regarding the investigation into the migrant click-day scam, which led to 11 people being jailed and 23 others being placed under house arrest, concluded with requests for overall sentences exceeding 80 years in prison.
The public prosecution, supported by prosecutor Giuseppe Visone of the Naples DDA, had shed light on a criminal system that had monetized the migrants' hopes.
The judge's view was that these were neither isolated incidents nor one-off initiatives. What emerged from the investigation and crystallized in the plea bargain was a stable, structured, and multi-layered criminal system, capable of moving effortlessly between law firms, CAF (Tax Assistance Centers), compliant companies, and ministerial portals. This organization transformed the immigration decree and Click Day—tools designed to regulate the legal entry of foreign workers—into an illicit profit machine.
The investigation, conducted by the San Giuseppe Vesuviano Police Station and the Naples Flying Squad, documented the existence of several converging syndicates, traced back to senior figures such as Vincenzo Sangiovanni, Genua Santolo, Gaetano Cola, and Annunziata Aniello, capable of submitting thousands of fictitious applications on the SUI portal, charging migrants sums of between €3.500 and €6.000 for procedures that, in most cases, would never lead to real employment.
The structure: professionals, companies and intermediaries
The investigations revealed a "complex logistical structure", consisting of:
industry professionals (lawyers, employment consultants, CAF operators);
complacent employers, owners of real companies but used as empty shells;
client brokers, often embedded in foreign communities;
file inserters, capable of manipulating the IT system at crucial moments.
Not an improvised organization, but a serial mechanism, repeated over time and progressively refined.
The law firm as a control room
One of the key points of the investigation is the law firm shared by Giuseppe Menzione and the Sangiovanni family. It was there, according to the documents, that foreign citizens were received; false applications were processed; and ideologically false receipts were prepared, often at times "compatible" with the click-day quotas.
Then there was lawyer Giuseppe Menzione, who pleaded guilty to a sentence of one year and 10 months in prison and admitted his guilt during the investigation. His actions served to lend a veneer of legality to a system that, in reality, relied on fabricated documentation.
Click Day: When Time Becomes Money
Click Day is the beating heart of the entire system. It's the moment when quotas sell out in minutes and when the speed of uploading applications becomes crucial. And this is precisely where organization makes the difference.
According to the judicial reconstruction, numerous SPID accounts were used, often registered to third parties; the applications were already prepared and were uploaded in rapid succession; in some cases, fake receipts were sold, relating to applications submitted after the deadline, but presented to the migrants as valid.
Whoever paid more got a "good" receipt. Whoever paid less was left with a useless piece of paper. In both cases, the money ended up in the club's coffers.
The role of rogue law enforcement and public officials
Among the most striking figures is Mario Nippoli, a police officer serving at the Poggioreale police station.
According to the investigation, he was the one who entered requests on the SUI portal using multiple digital identities, provided to him by the organization's top management. This extremely delicate role allowed the group to reduce loading times and increase their chances of success during click day.
Another significant profile is that of Melanie Seeber, a traffic policeman, who exploited:
his IT skills; his mother's company, used without the owner's knowledge; his institutional role to intercept customers.
Companies: work factories that don't exist
Dozens of businesses, scattered across Campania, Tuscany, and Alto Adige, are becoming paper tools. Bakeries, construction companies, sole proprietorships: all certified as needing labor, all, in reality, defenseless legal containers, used to submit hundreds of job applications.
The investigations revealed impressive numbers: 132 applications for a single company;
284 applications were filed by a sole proprietorship; over 200 applications were submitted in a single province.
A distorted use of the immigration decree which, according to the ruling, fully constitutes the crime of aiding and abetting illegal immigration, even if entry into Italy never materialized.
The Procurers: Direct Contact with Hope
The role of foreign mediators, often compatriots of the migrants involved, is fundamental.
Figures such as MD Saiful, Mir Rasel, Sheikh Rafique, Mohammed Sohave were tasked with identifying potential “clients”; collecting documents and passports;
explain the (apparent) functioning of the system.
A local effort that leveraged trust, language, and community affiliation. The judge considered their roles "minor," but without them the process wouldn't have worked.
Money and the Trolley: Profit as the Final Test
The raid on June 10th marked a turning point. During the searches, cash and valuables were seized, which—as evidence shows—were kept by Nunzio Sangiovanni, the father of the main organizer.
That “treasure in the trolley” becomes the visual representation of illicit profit.
The ruling orders the complete confiscation of the assets, with the valuables being sold and the funds being donated to the Treasury, definitively establishing the criminal nature of the activity.
Below is the list of requests for summary sentencing
ANNUNCIATION Aniello – of San Giuseppe Vesuviano – 12 years old
AURICCHIO Gabriele – from Pompeii – 2 years old
BOCCIA Nicola Mariano – by Octavian – 4 years old
CALCINAI Julian – from Naples – 2 years old
CASILLO Mario -of San Giuseppe Vesuviano- 5 years old
HUNDRED-HANDED Massimo -from Naples – 4 years old
COLA Gaetano -from San Giorgio a Cremano -12 years old
OF GENUA Santolo – of San Gennaro Vesuviano – 2 years and 4 months
DRAGONETTI Alberto – from Nocera - 10 years old
LOMBARD Roberto – of San Gennaro Vesuviano – 3 years old
MATURE Gennaro – of San Giuseppe Vesuviano – 10 years old
SANGIOVANNI Vincenzo from Naples – 9 years
(The defense team included lawyers Sergio Cola, Aniello Cozzolino, Massimo Autieri, Ciro Ottobre, and Giovanni Tortora)
Admissions, plea bargains and repentance
These are the defendants who admitted the facts and paid sums as partial compensation for the damages and therefore chose the plea bargain that took place last November before preliminary hearing judge Isabella Iaselli, to avoid the ordinary trial.
The sentences
2 years of imprisonment:
Acciarino Guglielmo, Grimaldi Giustino, Maffettone Vittorio, Sangiovanni Nunzio (+ €10.000 fine)
1 year and 10 months of imprisonment:
Albano Guido, Cerrone Fabrizio, MD Saiful, Menzione Giuseppe, Mohammed Sohave, Sheikh Rafique
1 year and 10 months + fine:
Catapano Rosita, Del Giudice Salvatore, La Manna Domenico, Manna Armando, Menna Antonio Biagio, Nippoli Mario, Seeber Melanie (12.000 euros)
Mir Rasel (15.000 euros)
Noranna Antonio (10.000 euros)
1 year and 8 months + 10.000 euros:
Roberto Anna
All sentences suspended, with revocation of precautionary measures.
(in the photo the famous trolley containing the money and the lawyers Vincenzo Sangiovanni and Gaetano Cola)
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The article discusses a very complex situation regarding the Click Day trial. It's incredible how such a structured system can operate without being stopped first. Justice should intervene more quickly in such cases.