Read the original article on la Repubblica (in Italian). By Luca De Vito.
He promised tax solutions to settle debts with Equitalia (the former Italian tax collection agency) and even with a discount. On Friday, former accountant Alberto Sessa was sentenced in the first instance to 2 years and six months for fraud and illegal practice of a profession, along with his accomplice Fulvio Aloisi (3 years). Sessa, who also advertised himself via TV and the internet, had promised an entrepreneur in the Certosa area that he would resolve his tax debt through the purchase of a VAT credit (which was actually non-existent) that a company would allegedly transfer at a discounted price: with this deceit, the two co-defendants managed to be handed a staggering €106,880 from the victim in transfers, checks, and cash. They then disappeared. The entrepreneur subsequently filed a complaint through his lawyer Andrea Aloi. On Friday, Sessa—who is in prison and has several pending trials across Italy for the same crime—was also ordered to compensate the victim, with a provisionally enforceable payment (provvisionale) of €54,000.