KAS detected VAT crimes in a recruitment agency

• The Mazowieckie National Tax Administration (KAS) detained 5 suspects of VAT crimes.
• The value of fictitious invoices exceeded PLN 40 million.
• Over 130 witnesses were heard.

Detainees are charged with committing tax fraud, using fictitious invoices and laundering money. All suspects were associated with the employment agency that recruited temporary workers from Ukraine and Belarus. In the years 2018-2019, its activity covered the territory of the entire country.

The Mazowiecka KAS and the Ministry of Finance’s implementation group simultaneously entered five Warsaw apartments and searched the headquarters of companies associated with the suspects. Documentation was secured and over 130 witnesses were questioned. The agency’s activities exposed the State Treasury to losses of at least PLN 13 million.

The investigation is carried out by the Masovian Customs and Tax Office, under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw Praga in Warsaw. The two detainees will spend the next three months in custody. The investigation is of a developmental nature and further arrests are possible.

Source: gov.pl

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