From invoicing to deceased and non-existing users to the inclusion in the balance sheets of credits deriving from the invoices to be issued which were lower than the credits present in the invoices that were actually issued, up to the sums only partially collected from defaulting customers.
This is how we can summarize the alleged fraudulent system that allowed Congesi to remain alive for nine years despite being in a situation of financial difficulty. The economic-financial police unit of the Crotone Finance Police put it in black and white in the information dated 30 July 2025. The document was included in the investigation by the Crotone Prosecutor’s Office into the hypothesized falsified financial statements for the years 2016-2022 of the public consortium, which until February 2025 managed the integrated water system in 14 municipalities of the province before giving way to the regional company Sorical. Seven people have been accused, including former directors and former officials of the subsidiary currently in liquidation, for whom a request for indictment is pending.
Risking prosecution are: Claudio Liotti (68 years old), president of the body’s board of directors from 2016 to 2024; Maria Riccio (34) and Arturo Zizza (63), board members from 2022 to 2024; Lucia Bossi (47) and Vincenzo Capozza (62), members of the Board of Directors from 2016 to 2022; Michele Liguori (52), head of the administration, budget and debt collection sector from 2016 to 2024; and Ettore Scutifero (56), head of the technical area from 2016 to 2024.
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