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Series of Fraud
Cases Publicized
By Italian Press
By ERNEST SAKLER
United Press International
Bmre (Iipn A series of
fraud cases, including that of a
gay customs inspector, his wife
and his mistress, has given Ital
ian newspaper readers the im
pression that the easiest thing
in the world is to gyp their gov
ernment in a big way.
The most publicized Incident
involved inspector Cesare Mas
trella, 48, who was sentenced to
20 years' imprisonment by
a Terni court for embezzling
i.iore than 1 billion lire ($1.6
million) from the state.
The case fascinated Italians.
Elegant, efficient Mastrella
seemed to enjoy his trial for the
chance it gave him to demon
strate the confusion of Italian
customs laws and the ineffec
tiveness of controls.
Perfectly at ease between his
two co-defendants his wife
Aletta and his mistress Anna
Maria Tomaselli he admitted
pocketing the billion during his
three years as head of the cus
toms office in Terni, an indus
trial town, through forged re
ceipts, "customs refunds" to
Terni firms and other devices.
"Fed Up"
Mastrella told the court that
if he had been one of the in
spectors from Rome who regu
larly checked his books it would
have taken him five minutes to
detect everything. In fact, the
embezzlement went undiscov
ered through 27 routine inspec
tions and came to light only
when Mastrella. gave himself
up, saying he was "fed up with
all this."
He said he gambled huge
sums on the soccer pool every
week and impartially gave the
two women sports cars and
bought them shops, real es
tate and other property.
Mastrella's main preoccupa
tion during the trial was to con
vince the court that h I s wife
and mistress knew nothing
about the embezzlement and
thought that his money came
from soccer poo' winnings.
The women were sentenced to
short terms and released at
once because the court counted
time they had served awaiting
trial.
The trial was barely over
when magistrates in Milan
ordered 63 persons to stand
trial on charges of another 1
billion lire fraud against the
state.
Less Spectacular
The case dated back to 1957
and the method used by the 63
men, according to the prosecu
tion, was less spectacular than
Mastrella s dui equally euw
tive.
A number of companies pre
tended to export textiles to
ntlim nnntrtpi Thuv nromntlv
got tax refunds under an Ital
ian law Intended to stimulate
exports.
As it turned out, the ship
ments they made consisted only
of rags. In some cases, they did
not bother to make any ship
ments at all.
In another case, customs po
lice said 11 Milan businessmen
evaded an estimated 1,760,000,
000 lire ($2,816,000) in customs
duties and taxes by Importing
"siiPHrpH flnnr" with n suQar
content far in excess of specifi
cations, ine sugar wus uurn
separated from the flour in spe
cial plants.
Import duties on sugar are
far heavier than on sugared
flnnr Pnlinn cniH (ho rnrlr.
ct had been going on since 1956
and was only discovered be
cuuse imports In recent months
were stepped up at a suspici
ous rate.
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