- The main figure in a large-scale tax fraud case involving fake invoices has been sentenced to five years in prison by the Amsterdam court. The man led a network that created false invoices for non-existent clothing trade, resulting in tax fraud amounting to tens of millions of euros. The case, stemming from investigations named Kapra and Kapra Annex, revealed fraud of at least 40 million euros, causing a tax loss of 10 to 13 million euros, and an additional 11.4 million euros in the follow-up case, with a tax loss of at least 2 million euros. The court found that the suspect used a sham operation with no actual goods exchanged, and the suspect received a 7-8% commission for his services. The fraud was executed through two methods: creating invoices without delivering goods and returning cash minus commission, and clothing traders ordering directly from foreign suppliers.
Source: fiscaalvanmorgen.nl
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