NOVARA (ITALPRESS) – The president of a well-known sports association operating as a Novara soccer team that plays in the Serie D league has been placed under house arrest for money laundering. The precautionary measure, issued by the gip of the Novara Court at the request of the Novara Public Prosecutor’s Office, was executed by the Financial Police of the Varese Provincial Command and officers of the Novara State Police.
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In fact, the sudden growth of the football club, which began in the year 2020, at the same time as an increasing expenditure of money and assets by the president of the amateur football club, aroused the suspicions of the officers of the Mobile Squad of the Novara Police Headquarters, and later of the economic-financial police of Gallarate, who began to closely observe activities and movements.
With regard to the management of the football team, investigators point out, in fact, that the roster is now also composed of players from professional leagues, both Italian and foreign, who, despite the move to a lower league, receive very high salaries for an amateur club.
Therefore, in view of the indispensable analysis of financial and commercial flows orbiting around the soccer team, the Novara Public Prosecutor’s Office delegated special investigations to the Gallarate Finance Police Company. It would thus emerge how the club received numerous transfers from the president and other suspects who would not declare income consistent with what was arranged and from several companies involved in bankruptcy and tax crimes.
At the end of the investigation, at the request of the Novara Public Prosecutor’s Office, precautionary measures were ordered against the president with simultaneous personal and house searches carried out in concert between the men of the Gallarate Finance Guard and the Novara Police Headquarters. 4
Finally, from the analysis of current accounts and commercial flows, the Guardia di Finanza identified sums of approximately 200,000 euros believed to be the proceeds of money laundering, for which it proposed their seizure. The same was advanced by the Novara Public Prosecutor’s Office and upheld by the Novara gip and was executed by the Fiamme Gialle on the current accounts of the football club and those of the president. During the search, about 4,000 euros as well as numerous foreign currencies (U.S. dollars, Seychelles rupee, Cuban peso, Kenyan shilling) and a Rolex Daytona were identified and seized thanks to the sniffer of the Guardia di Finanza’s cash dog Ioltan.
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