The Sassari Provincial Command's financial police have executed a precautionary seizure order for approximately €94,000 issued by the investigating judge of the Tempio Pausania Court at the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office against two individuals charged with aggravated fraud against the State, embezzlement, and misappropriation of public funds.

The suspects are former councilor Claudio Tollis and his nephew Alessio Brunetti, defended by lawyer Luigi Esposito.

The measure affected movable and immovable property and was carried out following investigations conducted under the aegis of the European judicial authority by the military of the Palau Lieutenancy.

Investigators are focusing their attention on verifying the accuracy of the process that led to the disbursement of loans guaranteed by Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and the PMI Fund, as well as non-repayable public aid totaling €171,000, to a La Maddalena company (of which the two defendants are the legal representative and de facto director, respectively), for the construction of a kiosk on Cardellino beach.

However, investigations conducted by the Guardia di Finanza revealed that the de facto administrator, Tollis, had fictitiously registered the company resulting as the beneficiary in his nephew, Brunetti, and that the latter, through a series of bank transfers, had then transferred the sums to his uncle, in exchange for false commercial relationships.

The suspects are also accused of misrepresenting the company's operations, issuing false tax documents, and submitting a forged surety bond, all in order to obtain improper authorizations.

Furthermore, once the funding was received, the kiosk – investigators explain – "was put up for sale on a well-known online classifieds platform even though it had never been built."

An appeal against the provision has already been filed by lawyer Esposito , who has not released any statements on the matter.

(Unioneonline)

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