- The case involved five individuals charged with 56 counts of fraud from July 1, 2006, to November 13, 2008.
- They issued fake invoices for construction machinery to secure leasing contracts, causing financial losses to leasing companies.
- T1 was also charged with extortion of a particularly serious nature.
- Fake invoices were used for VAT declarations, with T1 and T2 charged with serious VAT fraud for various periods.
- T3 was charged with serious VAT fraud and withholding tax fraud for different companies and periods.
- T1 and T2 evaded 7,309,443 kr in VAT, while T3 evaded 1,899,623 kr in VAT, 2,483,018 kr in withholding tax, and 392,572 kr in labor market contributions.
- T1’s case was separately handled and decided on September 28, 2020, while T2, T3, and T4 were sentenced on July 12, 2022.
- T5 was acquitted.
- T1 claimed he was only a construction manager and that his brother made all key decisions.
- T2 stated he was a figurehead director and did not perform actual director duties.
Source: info.skat.dk
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