The Caltanissetta police carried out nine precautionary measures, issued by the investigating judge at the request of the prosecutor as part of the Fake Cars operation which dismantled an organization that allegedly recycled cars purchased through scams against financial companies or from theft.
Five of the nine suspects are suspected, for various reasons, of having promoted, set up and participated in the criminal association that operated between Campania and Sicily.
The alleged crimes are material forgery committed by private individuals in public documents, possession and manufacture of false identification documents, fraud, receiving stolen goods and money laundering.
Maxi scam on recycled cars, nine precautionary measures
Two of them ended up in prison, three under house arrest.
The other four suspects affected by the precautionary measure are subject to the obligation to sign.
The investigations were conducted by the mobile team and by the Polstrada;
a total of 54 vehicles of illegal origin were identified and resold to unsuspecting citizens, for a total value of over one million euro;
the buyers also suffered the seizure of the cars.
The vehicles identified during the investigations are all circulating in various Italian regions and in almost all the Sicilian provinces.
In addition to requesting the application of personal precautionary measures, the prosecutors requested the investigating judge to order the preventive seizure of nine cars, for a total value of 200,000 euros.
The police headquarters also attached the photographs of two of the suspects:
