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An individual suspected of stealing the identity of several citizens to fraudulently obtain funds intended to modernise residential buildings under the Clean Air programme has been arrested while withdrawing money from an ATM. The arrest follows an investigation by the EPPO in Warsaw (Poland).

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Naples (Italy), the Investigative Unit of the Carabinieri Provincial Command of Benevento carried out searches today in an investigation into suspected corruption linked to an EU-funded public works project.

On behalf of the EPPO in Naples (Italy), the Economic and Financial Police Unit of the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) in Salerno carried out searches and seizures today in an investigation into suspected fraud involving fictitious employee training courses.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rotterdam (the Netherlands), another suspect was arrested in connection with an investigation into criminal networks operating cross-border VAT fraud schemes linked to the sales of electronic devices, code-named ‘Escape Room’.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zagreb (Croatia) has filed an indictment against four individuals and two companies for subsidy fraud involving the misuse of EU funds intended for the construction of a new briquette production plant.

The EPPO in Milan (Italy) has conducted searches and froze assets worth €2.6 million in an investigation into suspected fraud involving resources by Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), financed through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).

Six individuals, including one ringleader, have been convicted by the Court of Milan (Italy) for organising and participating in a transnational criminal association, VAT fraud and money laundering, following an investigation by the EPPO in Milan and Palermo (Italy), code-named 'Moby Dick'.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) conducted searches, arrests and asset freezes yesterday in an investigation into suspected large-scale VAT fraud involving the online sale of mobile phones.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), two suspects were detained on Monday, in an investigation into subsidy fraud and attempted subsidy fraud involving EU-funded IT training for older people.