In Rome, three Revenue Agency personnel were placed under house arrest, while a retired employee and two professionals were ordered to submit to the judicial police. The group faces charges of corruption and unauthorized access to computer systems. Investigators discovered a well-established corrupt structure in which the three employees "looked after" the interests of some accounting professionals in exchange for cash payments or restaurant lunches. Additionally, the three officials likely exploited the computer and telematic systems of the Tax Registry, which were provided to the Revenue Agency, in order to access the data required to determine the practices pertaining to tax assessments, loans, or succession contracts in order to obtain a substantial reduction or complete exemption of the monetary demands made by the tax authorities.
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