Car Dealer Sentenced for Major VAT Fraud in ‘s-Hertogenbosch Court

• Gerechtshof s-Hertogenbosch issued a ruling on December 17, 2024
• Case involved fiscal fraud in a major case named Kameleon
• The accused was an auto dealer
• He included five false purchase invoices related to large-scale VAT fraud in his records
• This action falsified part of his business administration
• The accused also submitted an incorrect VAT return
• In the return, he wrongly claimed a VAT refund of 207,371 euros
• He laundered this amount by mixing it with other bank balances and using it
• The fiscal fraud chamber of the court sentenced the accused to a community service of 125 hours or alternatively 62 days in detention, considering the time already spent in custody

Source: uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl

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