Eataly hamburger joint seized

(ANSA) - Turin, February 13 - A hamburger joint carrying the name of Italian quality-food chain Eataly at Settimo, near Turin, was put under sequester on Wednesday as part of a probe into the alleged criminal use of shell companies, sources said.
    Eataly stressed that the joint was a franchise and it had already asked for its name to be removed from it.
    Carabinieri police seized 29 companies with a combined turnover of 250 million euros as part of the Avatar operation that also saw six entrepreneurs from the Turin area arrested.
    They were alleged involved in a criminal gang that operated in Italy and abroad and used false identities and shell companies to obtain millions of euros in financing. The burger joint was allegedly controlled by one of the seized companies.