Carpet searches the entire national territory, involving more than 22 provinces, 70 suspects and a 30 million euro company involving more than 900,000 customers. These are the numbers ofGotha operationthe largest operation against the computer piracy of our country’s history.
The members of the alleged criminal organization called themselves ‘the mafia of’ Pezzotto‘, the nickname given in journalism to the pirate decoder to download the contents of the PPV (from Sky to Dazn) at a negligible price. “There is a boss and five dozen bosses,” reads the transcript of the wiretaps against two of those entered on the suspect register.
Ancona, Avellino, Bari, Benevento, Bologna, Brescia, Catania, Cosenza, Fermo, Messina, Naples, Novara, Palermo, Perugia, Pescara, Reggio Calabria, Rome, Salerno, Syracuse, Trapani, L’Aquila and Taranto. This is the partial list of the counties involved in the operation of the yellow flames.
And piracy was just the tip of the iceberg. The suspects are charged with a variety of heterogeneous crimes: money laundering, fraudulent transfer of assets, impersonation, fraud, receiving stolen property, drug trafficking and fabricating false identity documents.
This operation also starts from Telegram, which has been the reference platform for the criminal underworld for several years now (excluding the majority of users who use it for legitimate purposes, of course). The organization operated multiple channels, complete with a price list for accessing illegal content. There are 900,000 users registered in the Telegram groups and channels used to illegally sell and broadcast contests and movies. The authorities have also used iron fists against customers for a long time. Those 900,000 potential customers are now at risk of being registered as suspicious themselves.
The icing on the cake: Despite a multi-million dollar criminal business, the bosses of the Pezzotto mafia were all penniless. They did not pay the tax authorities lira, but received tax money in return. Oh yes, because more than anyone was a recipient of basic income.
Source: Lega Nerd
