It was the agents of the Immigration Office of the Cagliari police headquarters who noticed the presence of some asylum seekers who, by applying for a residence permit, had an income, that of citizenship. Among them also irregular foreigners who were already receiving the subsidy. Thus were born the investigations of the second section of the Flying Squad which together with immigration colleagues, in constant data acquisition work with the INPS, revealed more than 600 irregularities : 140 foreigners, all Africans, were thus reported for undue perception of citizenship income. Another 478 call for the indictment and revocation of the benefit.
A four million euro scam discovered by the Police and INPS, which raises the number of income revocations in the first quarter of 2022 by INPS to over 1,100 , as highlighted by the deputy director Simona Bassi . And the controls , especially on the residence for at least ten years in order to request the benefit, are increasingly stringent with the crossing of databases.
THE INVESTIGATIONS - The line of investigation on foreigners was born from a careful verification of the requirements for obtaining Italian citizenship: thus the Cagliari Mobile Squad, coordinated by the manager Fabrizio Mustaro, and the Immigration office, under the direction of Fabrizio Selis , they discovered the innumerable irregularities. But there are numerous complaints made last year and in recent months on Cagliari citizens who do not have other requirements and through false self -certifications obtain citizenship income.
"The money is recovered with repayment plans and subsequently by drawing on current accounts, other subsidies or real estate", explained the deputy regional director of INPS.