Florence cathedral managers fall prey to 1.5-million-euro email fraud

FILE PHOTO: Brunelleschi's Dome and Giotto's Campanile of the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower (Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore) are pictured from a panoramic point of Florence, in Tuscany region, Italy, April 15, 2024. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

ROME, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Italian police said on Thursday they had broken up an international criminal organisation that had swindled some 30 million euros ($35.2 million) from victims including the cultural body that manages Florence's artistic monuments.

Prosecutors in the northern city of Brescia issued warrants for the arrest of 10 people including Italian, Nigerian, Albanian and Chinese nationals accused of money laundering and issuing false invoices.