A fake accountant in the fog of Ferrara

A fake accountant in the fog of Ferrara

A lady with long wavy blond hair that fell just below her shoulders and a flashy baylage A lady with long wavy blond hair that fell just below her shoulders and a flashy hair

Barbara was a kind lady, very kind and so kind and helpful that she was contacted by different clients in an accounting firm. The penalty was three and a half years in prison, a fine of 2600 euros was the sentence published by the city newspaper because the lady was on trial for fraud, embezzlement, impersonation and abusive exercise of the profession of accountant. This lady was accused of having deceived a flood of people by taking advantage of the work she did in an accountancy firm in the city, appropriating money from some customers who initially thought they were paying fees and debts and instead ... they were fully financing his expenses! She had started her plan at the end of November 2019 and for a few months she had continued undisturbed, going unnoticed until the accountant's office realized that the employee had started asking customers for money without the owner's knowledge for practices that had never been carried out, using the proceeds to cover her personal expenses. Clothes, jewelry, designer clothes, legal fees, personal expenses, travel, vacation rentals… But as always when a woman decides to get in the way of the plans, you know... go up in smoke. The ex-girlfriend of the owner of the firm had also been a victim of the fake accountant according to what was reported by the newspaper that mentioned the data of the trial and had realized that Barbara had forged her signature and had stolen an identity document to stipulate a contract for her exclusive use. Among the firm's clients were the owners of a pharmacy and Barbara had asked them for about eight thousand euros as compensation for the paperwork of taking out a loan which, however, had never been received. The anger of the customers spread and spread, coming to vent in repeated calls to the studio with continuous complaints about the service received. However, seeing an exchange of e-mails between them and Barbara, the owner of the studio and his ex-girlfriend began to untie the threads of the skein and understand what the collaborator was up to. The lady was accustomed to identity theft and in fact had stolen the name of another client of the firm, pretending to be her, she had activated the utilities of a minor electricity company for her home in the province of Ferrara, right in the town of Vigarano. After assuring that he would make the woman understand that he would take care of a file to regularize the tax position with the revenue agency, she had a thousand euros handed over to her but instead of paying them to the state she had pocketed them. But as always when a woman decides to get in the way of the plans, you know... go up in smoke. The ex-girlfriend of the owner of the firm had also been a victim of the fake accountant according to what was reported by the newspaper that mentioned the data of the trial and had realized that Barbara had forged her signature and had stolen an identity document to stipulate a contract for her exclusive use. Among the firm's clients were the owners of a pharmacy and Barbara had asked them for about eight thousand euros as compensation for the paperwork of taking out a loan which, however, had never been received. The anger of the customers spread and spread, coming to vent in repeated calls to the studio with continuous complaints about the service received. However, seeing an exchange of e-mails between them and Barbara, the owner of the studio and his ex-girlfriend began to untie the threads of the skein and understand what the collaborator was up to. The lady was accustomed to identity theft and in fact had stolen the name of another client of the firm, pretending to be her, she had activated the utilities of a minor electricity company for her home in the province of Ferrara, right in the town of Vigarano. After assuring that he would make the woman understand that he would take care of a file to regularize the tax position with the revenue agency, she had a thousand euros handed over to her but instead of paying them to the state she had pocketed them. Barbara had asked two customers who owned a parapharmacy while the other newspaper presented them as the owners of a pharmacy with the promise of opening unnecessary practices with the revenue agency and this money should have been used to regularize the positions with the revenue agency. She would then have fabricated false documents to prove refunds from the tax agency and would have continued to present herself as an accountant and chartered accountant despite being without a title. After renting an apartment in the name of another person, thanks to the collaboration of a real estate agency to which she had presented herself with a false name, she had activated the electricity utilities in the name of the same person, who was in fact a client of the accounting firm where Barbara worked. But the prosecutor, according to the newspaper, had initially asked for a sentence of five years and nine months but then the judge had asked for a sentence of two years and sentenced her to pay 2600 euros.

The fog always confuses opinions, the gossip of the city and the people even if the city was a small medieval town in northern Italy where apparently the level of crime was very low and very inconspicuous and a news like this, although it had circulated on the mouths of the victims, had not conquered the news of the national newspapers. In January 2026, it circulated on the emails of the managers of the Ferrara guest houses and holiday homes from an account called avant-garde that made known the scam perpetrated by the lady:

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to take this opportunity to report a scam that has already occurred at several accommodation facilities in Ferrara by a certain Mrs. Barbara Salani (blonde, short/medium hair, she shows up with a daughter of about 9/11 years old). The customer in question has made medium-long stays (even longer than a month) without ever paying the amount due, using the services of the structure (accommodation, breakfasts, drinks) and presenting payments by bank transfer subsequently revoked or attaching counterfeit bank transfer accounts. In our case, the booking was made by email and we indicate the email used, although it may change. The client may use different names and provide urgent personal reasons (e.g. hospitalization of family members at one of the clinics in Ferrara) to justify the prolonged stay and delay payment checks. We also point out that in some cases the payment of the first nights is made by card or cash, and then the balance is proposed by bank transfer, which is subsequently invalid. If someone is hosting her in your facility, or receives a reservation that corresponds to the description, we invite you to accept the reservation and once the customer shows up at the facility, promptly inform the police.