The Great Financial Scam: The Story of Massimo Bochicchio and the Vanished Millions

The story of Massimo Bochicchio is also the story of the many celebrities and entrepreneurs who invested with him. It's the story of what is perhaps the biggest financial scam in recent years in Italy. More than 400 million euros invested and apparently vanished into thin air, all traceable to the golden-living broker who frequented the right circles, had important friends, and worked for major banks. And Salvatore Gulisano, author of the investigation 'Anatomy of a Swindler', at the center of '100 minutes', the new program on La7 written and hosted by Corrado Formigli and Alberto Nerazzini, dug through the bank accounts hidden in offshore paradises. Gulisano found videos, audios, wiretaps, photos, and unpublished testimonies. In the documentary, in fact, it will also be possible to hear Bochicchio's voice for the first time, as he reassured, convinced, flattered, seduced. No one seems to want to talk about this story. Not even those who would have been scammed. Yet, Gulisano managed to talk to almost everyone. From Bochicchio's wife Arianna Iacomelli to Bochicchio's lifelong friend Giovanni Malagò. An investigation that will also lead into the world of football with interviews and unpublished revelations on the million-dollar investments of coaches and footballers. But, above all, an investigation in which Salvatore Gulisano tries to understand how the mystery of the money disappeared into thin air is closely linked to that of the tragic disappearance of Massimo Bochicchio, who crashed into a wall on a motorcycle in June 2022. The guest of the episode, aired on April 15, was the accountant Gian Gaetano Bellavia, a great expert in criminal law in economics, with whom the investigation was further broadened. 'I have nothing left, but I am still totally convinced that things should not have gone this way. I don't go out, I don't move, I don't do anything anymore. Being judged is the worst sentence in all of this. Now I work in a bar, I probably won't even receive the insurance money. Massimo would never have 'sacrificed' himself, he was a happy heart, a serene and calm person. He was also happy to start the trial the next day. That morning he simply told me: 'I'm going for a ride on the motorcycle,' Iacomelli, Bochicchio's wife, recounted. Everything would have changed after Covid: 'He lost three months of work and something went wrong - she added. But I don't know what, because he didn't tell me these things. However, he earned well, he was happy and everything seemed to be going for the best. Anyway, I will always defend him, he is in my heart. My husband left like this, but he didn't want to hurt anyone.'