A million-euro asset seizure for alleged INPS fraud involves seven companies and eleven directors.

Caserta's Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) launched a major operation against alleged social security fraud in the construction sector. Upon order of the investigating judge of the Court of Santa Maria Capua Vetere, and in compliance with the request of the San Marino Public Prosecutor's Office, the Guardia di Finanza (Fiamme Gialle) executed a precautionary seizure order totaling approximately one million euros against seven companies and eleven temporary directors, who are currently under investigation for aggravated fraud against the INPS (National Institute of Social Security).

The investigation of the Prosecutor's Office

The investigation, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Santa Maria Capua Vetere and conducted by the Capua Financial Police Company with the support of the Caserta Provincial Office of the INPS, is said to have uncovered a complex fraudulent scheme in the construction sector in the province of Caserta.

According to investigators' reconstruction, two genuinely operating companies allegedly benefited from illicit savings on social security contributions through the systematic use of the so-called "secondment" of workers, a practice that was, however, used in a fictitious manner.

The disputed mechanism

According to the prosecution's allegations, the two companies allegedly made use of five other companies, formally registered to individuals with no real organizational, managerial, or decision-making autonomy.

According to investigators, these companies were solely responsible for providing labor through secondment contracts deemed fictitious. In this way, social security costs were transferred to the intermediary companies, which then failed to pay contributions and taxes.

The alleged scheme allowed the beneficiary companies to artificially reduce labor costs, offering more competitive prices on the market and distorting, according to the Prosecutor's Office, the rules of competition in the construction sector.

The disputed damage

In addition to the alleged financial damage to INPS, investigators also highlight the potential repercussions on workers, whose contributions and social security contributions would have been compromised.

The amount of the precautionary seizure, approximately one million euros, corresponds to the profit that investigators believe was obtained through the contested fraudulent scheme.

As required by law, the Prosecutor's Office recalls that the precautionary measure was issued during the preliminary investigation phase and that all suspects must be presumed innocent until a final conviction is issued.