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Millions of masks placed on the market without certification or paid for at staggering prices. Complete matches were found at the worst moment of the pandemic coronavirus with fake bonds and sold to public bodies a exaggerated costs, even ten, a hundred times more than the real value. With an outlay of money from the state for hundreds of millions of euros. After the most serious emergency phase, the Rome Prosecutor’s Office focuses on the provision of devices considered essential to protect health workers and citizens. There are four files opened by the group of magistrates led by the deputy prosecutor Paolo Ielo, a dozen commercial fraud suspects. First step of an investigation that also aims to verify if within the administrations (Region, health companies, Civil Protection) there are unfaithful officials that companies have provided in exchange for money. So, if there is behind the great thing that marked the first months of the epidemic episodes of corruptionit is. Tacos paid to those who had to draw up the list of providers to be included.
Customs seizures
A capillary work carried out by prosecutors also thanks to the commitment of the Customs Agency led by Marcello minenna that has blocked numerous loads, signaling all irregularities made and to allow rebuilding the path from production abroad to arrival at the border and, when it happened, to delivery. The number of kidnappings carried out provide an image of what has happened in recent months showing that speculation was much broader, since in addition to the block of 4 million and 800 thousand masks in the warehouses they stayed 65,000 and 800 devices for intensive care, over 26 million disposable gloves, 216 suits, more than 47,000 glasses and even 86,000 packages of alcohol. Non-conforming products, most with a false certification.
False bonds
From the end of February it was clear to what extent the purchase of masks could become an economic turning point for companies, but also for intermediaries. LItaly, in fact, did not produce this type of device protection and to remedy deficiencies in hospitals, RSA, private structures and also to allow citizens to leave their homes, the hoarding race has begun. Thus, while some companies asked the Ministry of Health for the green light to reconvert their business, others focused on contacts with reforeign ice creams, especially Chinese. And they relied on the runners to be able to win the supplies. Some have been investigated for demanding millions of euros to facilitate contact which actually turned out non-existent. Others have worked to grant bonds or guarantee policies to public bodies, this is the case of the masks sold to the Lazio Region, which later turned out to be false.
The most striking case in early April led to the arrest of a businessman who had obtained Consip tender of 253 million euros for 24 million masks to be delivered within three days and in place they did not exist.
Counterfeit certificates
In some cases it was found that ordered skins did not conform to standards. Millions of pieces were thrown away because once they got to customs it was found that they had no certification. And it is criminal investigation started because the supply had been paid for for fear of not being able to obtain it. Some entrepreneurs, when there was a minimum standard of requirements, have preferred to opt for downgrading from “filtered” to “generic”. Their cloth masks They cannot be used by health establishments and have been recycled. Finally, others were investigated because they delivered products other than those purchased, despite having its functionality guaranteed.
September 16, 2020 (change September 16, 2020 | 07:12)
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