An important operation of Control in the games sector in the provinces of Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia Made by officials of the Customs and Monopolies of Calabria Agency (ADM) with the support of the regional anti -theft office, in synergistic collaboration with the Guardia di Finanza, the State Police, and the carabinieri as part of the activities of the Committee for the prevention and repression of the illegal game, the safety of the game and the protection of minors (Co.Pre.Gi).
The controls they involved 51 shops located in the provinces of Reggio Calabria and Vibo Valentia, during which 76 game devices were seized and reported to the Public Prosecutor of the Republic of Reggio Calabria 4 subjects for abusive exercise of betting activities, as well as for computer fraud, having used entertainment appliances not compliant with regulatory requirements, in order to escape tax.
The most part of the equipment processed altered presented a second tab (so -called clone) That, bypassing the card regularly authorized by ADM, allowed not to submit or submit only partial data to the electronic system of the Customs and Monopolies Agency. In this way the games were totally altering with the loss of the guarantee system to protect the players and with the evolution of the correct transmission of the data to the detriment of the tax authorities.
The offices in question will recover the tax evaded and eleve the administrative penalties established in Euro from 5,000 to 50,000 for each device found, for an amount of over € 3,800,000in addition to the thirty to sixty days closing of the exercises where the tampered game devices were found. In addition, an unauthorized point of betting collection was discovered for a foreign dealer, without a concession to operate in Italy.