A mega millionaire scam with hundreds of victims in Sardinia and half of Italy that "could be around 5,000 people". A gigantic sumptuous castle set up by Roberto Diomedi, a 51-year-old former financial broker from Sinnai, able to organize, between 2017 and 2020, together with his accomplices, impressive conferences and meetings, in sumptuous locations with the involvement of conductors of the world of entertainment, fashionable events and even a trip to Dubai. And so, through a huge pyramid scam, with the "Ponzi system", unsuspecting investors have entrusted to Diomedi and his collaborators, their savings attracted by advantageous interests and the immediate collection of a part of these interests. and rapid earnings circulated but when the payments of the new victims were no longer enough to cover the reimbursements, the castle collapsed. Meanwhile, through an unknown number of fictitious companies, the money had been diverted into traceable current accounts, it is the accusation, always at the 51-year-old and his most trusted collaborators.

The operation

Since Saturday evening, Easter Eve, Diomedi (defended by Antonello Garau) has been in prison: as soon as he disembarked from a flight in Elmas, he was arrested by the agents of the Postal Police on the precautionary custody order of the investigating judge Ermengarda Ferrarese. The policemen, coordinated by the executive Francesco Greco in an investigation that went on for years, in collaboration with the Guardia di Finanza, under the supervision of the prosecutor Diana Lecca, also arrested Diomedi's sister, Barbara (46 years old, from Quartu), ended up under house arrest. Obligation of residence for the other brother, Fabrizio (41, from Sinnai), for Valentino Deidda (39, from Villacidro), Erika Lecca (33 from San Vero Milis) and Gianni Da Ros (35, also resident in San Vero Milis ). They are accused, for various reasons, of fraud, abusive exercise of the activity of financial consultant, anti-money laundering. Some suspects are defended by lawyers Pier Andrea Setzu, Dario Musino and Flavia Coccollone.

The victims

The scam, as highlighted by the judge, "is of an unspecified amount but not less than four million and 700 thousand euros". The scheme, as denounced by the countless victims, was always the same: invest the savings attracted by a 5 percent monthly return. In an interception, to make people understand the extent of the scam, Diomedi (who even came to the hypothesis of being able to build a new stadium at Santos, complete with photos in beautiful poses with Pele) explains to an accomplice: "We can use the account to make collection for a month? In total, a maximum of two million euros will be incoming and a maximum of one and a half million outgoing ”. For the investigators, the profit, in just one month of transactions, was half a million euros. The postal agents thus discovered an incredible series of companies with offices abroad and current accounts for bank transactions. All managed by Diomedi with the collaboration of the brothers and other accomplices. And when the searches and late payments have begun, he is always the one to put his face to it, reassuring investors with a live on YouTube. Those who wanted to leave would have had the money initially invested back. Obviously it did not happen.

Matteo Vercelli

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