The Guardia di Finanza di Crotone (Crotone Financial Police) has carried out a preventive seizure worth a total of more than €400,000 against a road haulage company based in Cirò Marina, whose name was not disclosed, as part of an investigation coordinated by the Procura della Repubblica di Crotone (Public Prosecutor’s Office of Crotone) into an alleged system of invoices for non-existent transactions. The order, issued by the Court of Crotone, covers financial assets, shareholdings and property, and is aimed at subsequent confiscation, including by equivalent value.
According to investigators, the Calabrian company allegedly issued invoices to another road haulage business based in the province of Lucca for services that were never actually provided. After selling its entire vehicle fleet in previous years, the Calabrian company allegedly continued operating by hiring staff and using vehicles owned by the Tuscan company through rental contracts considered to be fictitious. In the meantime, a debt position with the tax authorities, built up from 2018, had reportedly exceeded €4m.
The investigation stems from a tax audit carried out by the Tenenza della Guardia di Finanza di Cirò Marina (Cirò Marina local unit of the Financial Police), which made it possible to reconstruct the alleged mechanism and the links between the two companies involved. Four people have been entered in the register of suspects and are accused, in various capacities, of failing to file tax returns, issuing and using invoices for non-existent transactions, while the company is accused of administrative liability arising from an offence. The seizure order covered nine bank accounts, company shareholdings and four properties, three of them in the province of Lucca and one in Cirò Marina.
