From the cards of the Milan prosecutor’s office it emerges as tonals and beans have played a role of “sponsor” against other players. The bank account of a jewelry was used to manage the flow of money
On the one hand the bettors, a small “circle” of which Sandro Tonali And Nicolò Fagioli They were the lead (but among which the names of 12 Serie A players appear, among others, now investigated by the Milan prosecutor’s office), on the other the organizers of a gambling tour (mainly sports bets and online poker) on illegal platforms. Tommaso De Giacomo And Patrick Fizarera they were in charge of a rooted system: they dealt with all the activities connected to the Coordination of the episodes of the playersincluding the creation of game users on their behalf. In the middle, between the bettors and the counter, a payments management system that could make use of a special … “bank”. Through the bank account of a Milanese jewelry, the Elysium in via Pergolesi (on which incoming flows have been ascertained for over one and a half million euros, for which the seizure was ordered) the money was made to be transit by the players to the betting accounts.
the mechanism
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De Giacomo And Flour They are the key figures: they were the ones who deal with the management and coordination of all the activities connected to the illegal bets detected from 2021 to 2023. After creating the users on illegal platforms (especially Betsport22.com, Swapbet365.eu, Vipsport360.com, Texinho.com), communicated the passwords to access the bettors and dealt with the Loading of the game accounts. They made the movements (beans and tonals turned directly to De Giacomo, while the other players under investigation used the former Juve and Milan as intermediaries), they dealt with make the episodes for third parties, thus guaranteeing anonymity and accounting management (debts and credits). They created private online poker rooms, protected by passwords, deciding the participants in the table. To redeem the debts, they had activated various channels: Revolut account, Pay Post and Wires towards the Elysium accounts.
The special “bank”
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Antonio Scinocca, Antonino Parise and Andrea Piccini, members and administrators of the Elysium Group Srl, a company operating in the sales sector of jewelry and luxury watches, made available the accounts of their business for the transfer of the sums played in illegal bets, simulating the sale of watches and preciousreceiving the transfers to cover the debts contracted by the players on the current accounts of the company.
How payments worked
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After the execution of the payment of the sum due by the debtor, A copy of the invoice was sent with the header of the jewelry, in which the sum paid was indicated, without however any precious be delivered. A dynamic that emerged in the interrogation of Sandro Tonali: “A possibility to pay the debt was to carry out wire transfers in the following ways: it was paid double the value of a clock or a jewel and the chosen object was withdrawn, or the debt amount was paid without withdrawing any object“. On the same line Florenzi, another of the players involved:“ I sent the money after receiving a jewelry invoice registered to me for the amount of the loss. In the invoice it was indicated or the purchase of a Rolex or the reference number of a watch or jewel. I don’t think someone has ever withdrawn the objects indicated in the invoice. I had no intention of buying jewelry or watches when I was a transfer. “
The role of tonals and beans
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Among the names identified by the investigators, in addition to beans and toners, there are the Milan midfielder Alessandro Florenzi, the then striker of Rome Nicolò Zaniolo, now at Fiorentina, the Juventusians Mattia Perin and Weston McKennie, the former Argentine Juventusians Leandro Paredes and Angel Di Maria, the defender of Atalanta Raoul Bellanova, then at Inter and at the Turin, the Turin, Turin midfielder Samuele Ricci at the time at Empoli, the Padua striker, at the time at the Cremonese, Cristian Buoniuto, the Lazio and Empoli striker (today at Parma) Matteo Cancellieri, the defender Dominican Firpo (Leeds United), the tennis player Matteo Gigante, and another dozen non -sports. From interrogations emerges how Tonal And Beans they covered a active role in spread among their acquaintances (many of which are professional footballers), the possibility of betting on illegal platforms: they act For the opening or loading of the game accounts, they carried out deliveries on behalf of other bettors, sometimes with payments the cash. In some cases, in the face of their “advertising” activities, they were payable by the organizers with the recognition of bonus On their accounts or with the reduction of their debts, as emerged from the interrogation of beans: “The organizers of the sites had proposed to me to recognize me some advantage if I had brought other bettors”.
chats
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De Giacomo, in one Chat with beans in which the player informed the organizer to have directed Zaniolo Use of a game platform, he said: “ Bravo, capture it … work for me … Stagli close that he captures him well, well well as a customer, clearly then I give you the gift to you”. And after bringing new bettors Beans replied: “You have to upload why I bring you customers“.”I load you 5k to you in homage, to pay you tonight’s ticket, since he brought me a customer”. Then the pressure for also close McKennie : “But the good Weston, but why don’t you make me take it to the other games? You are there who sleep“.
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