Alessandria: Operation “Marea”, 3 people arrested and 2 companies seized
The investigations revealed two distinct extortion episodes, characterized by particular brutality towards the victims, and the fictitious registration of the business to a front man.
Alessandria: Operation “Marea”, 3 people arrested and 2 companies seized
In October personnel of the State Police of the Alessandria Police Headquarters and of the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Alessandria have carried out an order of personal and real precautionary measures issued by the GIP of the Alessandria Court against nr. 3 Guests residents in the Province of Pavia, investigated, in various capacities, for extortion, fraudulent transfer of values, money laundering, self-laundering and issuing invoices for non-existent transactions.
The investigations, coordinated by the Public Prosecutor's Office of Alessandria, started with the identification of a potential extortion episode perpetrated by two brothers, known in the province for their work as bouncers in some nightclubs, and were also developed through technical interception operations, in-depth analysis of reports of suspicious transactions, observation services, bank checks and examination of data contained on a device used by one of the suspects.
The investigations revealed that two separate extortion episodes, characterized by particular brutality towards the victims, and the fictitious registration to a front man, by the two brothers, of a company active, among other things, in the sector of recovery/disposal of batteries and metals , operating in contempt of industry regulations and without having adopted the expected accounting system, used to launder and/or self-launder money which, after having passed through corporate accounts, flowed into the personal accounts of the main suspects.
In this regard, they were registered in the register of suspects in the complex 6 Guests; in addition to the arrest of the three main suspects, they were subjected to preventive seizure of two companies and their related businesses.
In conjunction with the execution of the precautionary measures, several searches with the discovery of copious documentation, which is still being examined by investigators; the first evidence acquired seems to confirm the accusatory system.
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