Savona: scams for tens of thousands of euros, two arrests in Millesimo in a Carabinieri operation.

The Carabinieri of the Millesimo Station, at the end of an investigation coordinated by the Savona Prosecutor's Office, arrested two men under investigation for a series of large-scale scams throughout the country, conducted through the fraudulent use of the name of a real company.

The two suspects, both from the province of Turin, were collectively reported to the local Judicial Authority for crimes ranging from the carrying of weapons and objects capable of causing offence, to the improper use and falsification of payment instruments, to impersonation and fraud.
The investigation began after a series of suspicious orders placed in the name of an individual business, all goods destined for Millesimo and paid for with lost checks, often made out to deceased persons.

The amount of the scams has been quantified at over 60.000 euros, with a recent order of compostable tableware worth around 10.000 euros, which attracted the attention of the Carabinieri and which only thanks to their intervention did not vanish like the previous ones.

In fact, on August 22nd, during a scheduled delivery in Millesimo, the Carabinieri Val Bormidesi arranged for a judicial police operation in which a soldier, disguised as an employee of the company in charge of the delivery, showed up at the agreed location driving a courier's van, while other colleagues were stationed nearby.

Upon the arrival of the two scammers, arriving on board a rented van, in particular at the moment of delivery of the check, the Carabinieri identified themselves, arresting the criminals in the act and seizing the van used to commit the crime.

During the subsequent personal and vehicle search, in addition to the irregular check that the two intended to use as payment, numerous invoices were found in the name of the company used by the pair of fraudsters, without the owner's knowledge, to commit the scams, summaries of previous orders placed, various receipts for missed motorway payments, several cell phones and printouts of email conversations likely attributable to further scams.

One of the men was also found in possession of two switchblades, while his accomplice had a small quantity of hashish on him, for which he was reported to the Prefecture of Savona as a drug user.

The investigation, which lasted several months, allowed us to identify a vast network of scams whose victims are scattered throughout Italy, and confirms the constant commitment of the Carabinieri in the fight against the various types of scams, to protect the legality of all citizens and businesses.