Sardinian boss evaded taxes, hid over 100k cash in the wall, still got caught!

Recently, a businessman from Sardinia got into trouble, right in the Cagliari area. He was investigated by the police for tax evasion. The court also ordered the seizure of his assets, totaling nearly 160,000 euros.

The case was personally handled by the head of the local financial police, named Paolo Pettine. Police found that the company run by this businessman frequently used fake invoices to deceive between 2019 and 2021.

To pay less tax, he fabricated a bunch of fake costs, adding up to over 340,000 euros. These fake invoices were issued by 11 shell companies. These companies appeared to be based in Lombardy, Lazio, Tuscany, and other places, but actually had no real business operations—they existed solely to issue fake invoices.

When police searched his company and home, they got quite a shock. Hidden inside the wall of his bedroom was a very concealed safe, filled with cash—over 100,000 euros!

Later, police examined many documents and found that the items listed on the invoices were extremely vague, with no clear indication of what was purchased. Moreover, most of the payments were not made via bank transfer but were claimed to be in cash. Each amount was kept just below the anti-money laundering threshold, which was clearly intentional.

Now these assets have been seized, and the case is still under investigation. Anyway, tax evasion is really something you should never do.