Thanks to online scams, they lived in luxury villas in Tuscany, Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto and traveled in Lamborghini, Porsche and Range Rover . And as if that were not enough, they received the citizenship income .
The postal police of Liguria vanquished the gang, denouncing 11 people between the ages of 35 and 40, all of the Sinti ethnic group and related to each other.
They have scored hundreds of hits that would have yielded at least half a million euros, but investigators do not rule out that they could be many more, with earnings of several million euros.
All are accused of conspiracy to commit fraud. Searches were carried out in Altopascio (Lucca), Annone Veneto (Venice), Chions and Cordenonds (Pordenone).
The investigation started when the investigators noticed a couple withdrawing money from the banks of the upper Tuscany and the Spezzino, which later turned out to be the proceeds of the scams . The telephone operators hooked up the victims after seeing the online advertisements, contacted them and pretending to pay immediately they managed to have the victims enter the codes who at that point instead of receiving the money paid them to the scammers . To ensure anonymity, the group communicated only via Telegram and Icq. The houses were protected by walls, fences and video surveillance cameras.
(Unioneonline / L)