- FIOD has arrested two men and conducted searches in a criminal investigation
- Suspected collaboration between suspects, straw men, and companies to file false VAT returns
- Suspects also accused of money laundering and participating in a criminal organization
- Two homes and a business premises in Rotterdam searched, with seizure of digital and physical records and cash
- Investigation initiated after a tip from the Tax Authorities
- Over €380,000 in VAT refunds fraudulently claimed between April 2020 and December 2021
- Formal directors of companies suspected to be straw men who put suspect companies in their name
- Tax refunds withdrawn in cash or transferred to other bank accounts
Source: taxlive.nl
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