“The Cirioni case”: Fraud, tax evasion, and identity theft in Florence’s business community around 1400
Houssaye Michienzi, Ingrid
“The Cirioni case”: Fraud, tax evasion, and identity theft in Florence’s business community around 1400 - 2019.
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In 1405, Giovanni Cirioni, an employee of Francesco Datini’s business, boarded a boat in the Tuscan port of Piombino to urge the ship’s scribe to change the trademark on a silk load and change its owner’s name on the ship’s register. The fraud was discovered and a trial was conducted. This case and other documents gleaned from commercial correspondence help to uncover the practices of Florentine merchants who, within organized tax systems, and on the borderline between the lawful and the unlawful, manipulated legal frameworks for their own benefit.
“The Cirioni case”: Fraud, tax evasion, and identity theft in Florence’s business community around 1400 - 2019.
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In 1405, Giovanni Cirioni, an employee of Francesco Datini’s business, boarded a boat in the Tuscan port of Piombino to urge the ship’s scribe to change the trademark on a silk load and change its owner’s name on the ship’s register. The fraud was discovered and a trial was conducted. This case and other documents gleaned from commercial correspondence help to uncover the practices of Florentine merchants who, within organized tax systems, and on the borderline between the lawful and the unlawful, manipulated legal frameworks for their own benefit.
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