Italian Guardia di Finanza seizes over €30 million in assets across multiple fraud investigations

Italian Guardia di Finanza has carried out a series of investigations across the country. In Positano, prosecutors led by Cantone and Di Vico allege a “Positano system” where public contracts worth about €4 million were awarded repeatedly to a small group of firms, prompting raids on the town hall and inquiries into former mayor Giuseppe Guida and current mayor Gabriella Guida. In Enna, a fraud scheme involving the illegal attribution of subsidised agricultural diesel was uncovered; operators in several municipalities falsified anti‑mafia clearances and obtained over 120 000 litres of fuel, evading roughly €85 000 in indirect taxes. Similar fuel‑subsidy fraud was reported in Sicily. In Bari, prosecutors have accused executives of a group of companies of fraudulent bankruptcy affecting assets above €18 million and have imposed interdictions. A Carpi businessman was placed under a preventive seizure of more than €1.2 million for alleged “sterilisation” of companies registered in San Marino and tax evasion. The Finance Police also seized assets worth €1.4 million from an engineering firm in Catania for false accounting and self‑laundering. In the construction sector, investigations into the Superbonus 110 % incentive revealed a network that claimed credits exceeding €30 million, of which about €15 million were deemed illegitimate; preventive seizures totalled €9.3 million and dozens of individuals were charged. Across the operations, the Guardia di Finanza has seized assets, imposed bans, and initiated criminal proceedings, highlighting a broad crackdown on corruption, tax evasion and misuse of public funds.