Bankruptcy and money laundering in supermarkets, two entrepreneurs arrested in Caserta

Due entrepreneurs active in supermarket sector were arrested as part of an investigation coordinated by Public Prosecutor’s Office of North Naples and conducted by the local judicial police section – unit Financial Police – and by the Aversa Finance Group. The two were subjected to House arrestin execution of a precautionary custody order issued by the investigating judge, for the charges, contested in various ways, of distractive fraudulent bankruptcydocumentary and for multiple malicious operationsconsisting of the systematic and repeated failure to comply with the tax obligations for over 337 thousand euros.

Also contest hypotheses of self-laundering: according to the prosecutor’s office, the entrepreneurs would have diverted the entire company asset by placing it in three distant companies, which turned out to be clones of the bankrupt company. The two clone companies were also charged with administrative responsibility for the crime, as a consequence of the crime of self-laundering committed by the top figures in their interest and to their advantage. The ascertained liabilities are equal to approximately 654 thousand euros towards creditorsin addition to what is due to the Treasury.

In addition to the arrest of the two entrepreneurs, administrators in law and in fact of the companies involved, the investigating judge ordered the measure ofresidence obligation for four others, also entrepreneurs operating in the supermarket sector who they competed with the first two in committing the offenses in question. At the same time, two clone companies of the bankrupt company, based in Aversa, were seized and thel direct and equivalent preventive seizure of sums totaling 120,325 euros. The measures were notified this morning.