Fraudulent bankruptcy: arrests and seizures
The Financial Police of the Provincial Command of Varese carried out four orders of application of pre-trial detention in prison, two house arrests, and a preventive seizure decree at the end of an investigation that involved a company operating in the fire prevention sector.
Fraudulent bankruptcy
The Guardia di Finanza recently completed an operation that led to the arrest of six people involved in a complex scheme of tax evasion and misappropriation of company assets. At the center of the investigation, a company active in the fire prevention sector located in Novara, but also operating in the Gallarate area, which was in serious financial difficulty.
The agreement with the convicted person from Pavia
According to the investigations, the company’s administrator tried to save it from an unfortunate fate by entering into an agreement with a convicted person from the province of Pavia. The latter, at the head of a criminal organization, would have helped the administrator to get rid of debts, using a system of front men to misappropriate the remaining company assets, including cash, vehicles, and two properties located in Somma Lombardo (VA).
Fraudulent bankruptcy: arrests and seizures
The investigations
The investigation was initiated by the Gallarate Company, which examined the company’s debt situation, uncovering significant sums embezzled during its existence. Through the analysis of company and bank documentation, and the interrogation of various individuals involved, law enforcement discovered the network of accomplices that allowed the company to be depleted.
Six arrested
Following the investigations, six people were arrested, while the two misappropriated properties were reported for seizure. The seriousness of the facts, combined with the criminal records of the individuals involved, including drug offenses and, in one case, mafia association, led the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Novara to request severe precautionary measures.
The Court accepted these requests, ordering pre-trial detention in prison for four individuals, including the head of the criminal group, and house arrest for the legal administrator and a front man.
Three of the arrested individuals were transferred to prison in Pavia pending the guarantee interrogation, while a fourth, already detained for fraud offenses, is in the Vigevano prison.
