Fake agricultural contracts, illegally collected European funds and a round of bank transfers to hide the traces of the money: this is the heart of the scam unmasked by the Guardia di Finanza of Nuoro, which in recent days carried out a preventive seizure of goods and money for a total of 130,000 euros.

The measure, ordered by the Judicial Authority, affects two individuals accused of aggravated fraud against the European Union budget and receiving stolen goods. The investigations have revealed a sophisticated mechanism through which the suspects pretended to own agricultural land, presenting false rental contracts, to access subsidies from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The money, once obtained, was transferred to third-party accounts through banking operations designed to hinder any attempt at tracing. The analysis of the financial flows allowed us to trace the entire amount of the fraud and led to the referral of a second person involved in the management of the money of illicit origin.

The action of the Fiamme Gialle ended with the seizure of approximately 15,000 euros in cash and in current accounts, as well as two properties, frozen up to the amount stolen from the community coffers. A major blow to the network of agricultural fraud, which deprives the sector of precious resources and compromises the quality of the agri-food chain.

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