Milan finance police on Tuesday
arrested eight people in relation to a probe by DDA anti-mafia
investigators that uncovered an alleged scam by members of the
'Ndrangheta to net public funding for the coronavirus emergency.
The suspects are accused of felonies including criminal
association for tax fraud with the aggravating factor of the use
mafia methods and self-laundering.
Investigators believe that a company managed Francesco Maida,
who is allegedly lined to the San Mauro Marchesato Ndrangheta
clan headed by Lino Greco in the Calabrian province of Crotone,
obtained 45,000 euros in COVID emergency grants.
Maida allegedly used false invoices as part of the fraud.
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