Penal Code for false self-certification
Article. 316 ter of the Criminal Code punishes any person through the use or presentation of false or incomplete statements or documents proving things that are not true, or through the omission of required information, unjustly obtains for himself or for others, grants, loans, loans or other funds of the same type, however named, granted or issued by the State, other public bodies or the European Community.
When the benefit is less than 3999 euro's conduct is not a crime.
It is therefore very important to distinguish the present case from that of the scam: unless so is the case, the fact is punished more lightly, for the facts of low value even not by criminal law.