Guardia di Finanza issues €8,710 in penalties after Rome slot-hall inspection

Guardia di Finanza officers in Rome executed a preventive seizure of assets and funds worth more than €25m against five former employees of a state Gratta e Vinci concessionaire. The Lazio regional court of auditors ordered the seizure to secure a claim by the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli. The former staff allegedly used system credentials to identify four winning tickets, two of €7m each and two of €5m each, which relatives and friends bought at retailers.

Guardia di Finanza officers from the Rome provincial command have executed a preventive seizure of assets and financial holdings worth more than €25m, the force said. The order was issued by the jurisdictional section of the Corte dei conti for Lazio to secure a claim held by the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli as the damaged public administration. The amount matches the alleged state loss contested against five former employees of a state concessionaire for the Gratta e Vinci game; the concessionaire itself is described as wholly unconnected to the alleged conduct.