Guardia di Finanzia apparently received reports of "suspicious transactions" in which "a current account held by Gianluigi Buffon showed abnormal movement characterized by the release, during the period January 2010-September 2010, of 14 checks, in amounts ranging from round 50 thousand and 200 thousand euros, for a total of 1,585,000 euros. All to the order of Massimo Alfieri (tobacco shop owner in Parma, empowered, among other things, to bet on football.)''