They've nicknamed it the "income POS." Because, at least according to the investigations of the Arbatax Financial Police, the tobacco shop in a town in Ogliastra had been converted into a clandestine counter.

For the military, the business had become a real point of reference for those who wanted to convert the sums received through welfare benefits into cash.

A system that revolved around the POS. Fictitious transactions were recorded as purchases: at the tobacconist's, they pretended to be sales of non-existent goods. The customer used their card, made the transaction, and immediately received cash, with a percentage retained by the cardholder (the commission is thought to exceed 20,000 euros) .

A sort of parallel ATM, according to the investigative reconstruction. The Guardia di Finanza also reportedly aroused suspicions due to the recurring presences in front of the tobacconist's. About ten people, with some regularity, would show up to carry out numerous electronic transactions.

Investigators thus shed light on the business's financial transactions, cross-referencing tax data, accounting records, and transactions made through payment systems over the last five years.

The result of the audit is serious: over 760 thousand euros in revenues subtracted from the tax authorities , according to the objections raised at the end of the tax audit inspection conducted by personnel led by Commander Leonardo Di Blasi.

The documents were forwarded to the Lanusei Public Prosecutor's Office, while the tax aspects were sent to the Revenue Agency in Nuoro.