A woman from Padua, Italy, was going to make an apple pie but unknowingly burned€40,000 as she turned the oven on to bake the pastry she was preparing.
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Her husband Alberto had been hiding the sum and had not told his wife about it. The reason: the 40-year old went to court in Padua because of tax fraud.
Now, his wife Silvia M. is being charged as well because police had been listening in to a phone call she made to her sister admitting that she had accidentally burnt the €40,000.
In court because of tax evasion
Tohide themoney in case of a possible house search, Alberto had been placing the money in the oven without informing his wife - a mistake that the Italian businessman had to pay for.
Not only is the loss of the money hard to deal with, but the police also sees proof of the crime in the hiding of the money. In 2017, the man was in court for the same reason but was acquitted.
It seems as though the Italian businessman has yet to have learned his lesson.
