Tax evasion scam in Italy

Dozens of Serie A and B officials and players including Adriano Galliani, Hernan Crespo, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Claudio Lotito, Aurelio de Laurentiis, Diego Milito, German Denis have been targeted by an Italian police investigation into alleged tax evasion and false accounting. Naples prosecutors are to investigate allegations of up to 35 Italian teams from 58 people with more than 100 other individuals, including players and their agents, falsified player transactions to avoid as much as 12 million euros in taxes, Naples prosecutor Vincenzo Piscitelli said in a statement. Police allege players' agents created false invoices for their services to clubs, which in turn took advantage of the chance to pay lower dues on the sums involved. Italian financial police executed warrants on Tuesday against about 60 suspects including team managers, players and agents seizing cash, real estate and financial holdings to the amount of tax allegedly evaded.
In a statement posted on the team's website, the lawyers dismissed the allegations as unfounded and said they expected the case to be dismissed.