Trapani penalized by 4 points next season for irregular payments

The board of the Italian Basketball Federation has inflicted 4 penalty points on the Trapani Shark club for administrative irregularities, to be served in the next competitive season. The decision was taken based on a report from Com.Te.C., the body that is responsible for carrying out checks on the economic-financial management of affiliated clubs, drawn up on the basis of the findings made by the Revenue Agency.

The administrative irregularities refer, as stated in a note from the Fip, to the correct fulfillment of Irpef and Inps payments. The federal council has forwarded the documents to the federal prosecutor for the relevant fulfillments. Trapani Shark closed the regular season of the championship in second place and is playing the play-offs for the assignment of the scudetto . Tomorrow, in Reggio Emilia, the team will play game 3 of the quarter-finals after having won the first two games at home.

Trapani president: "A sensational scam"

English: Shortly after, the response via social media from Trapani president Valerio Antonini arrived: “We have already sent Com.Te.C. our complaint to the Guardia di Finanza against all those involved in this sensational scam, facilitated by accomplices on a national scale and who convinced me of the existence of these credits that would have allowed a legitimate compensation operation for our companies, given that in Serie A Basketball and Serie C Football, despite there not being enough revenue to support these sports, the State applies the same taxes as Serie A Football! In any case – he specifies – we are certain that through the pool of lawyers that I have put in place we will find justice and the criminals will pay for what they have done. To those who write stupid things on social media, I invite you to pay attention to the legal consequences, because this time every single sentence out of place and without legal basis will be legally prosecuted from every point of view. In the meantime – the conclusion – let's go and take this Scudetto even more “determined” than before”.