The Amsterdam District Court acquitted a suspect of participating in a criminal organization and VAT fraud related to VoIP call minutes. There was insufficient evidence to prove the suspect knew about the VAT carousel fraud, even though their company acted as a “superbuffer” and correctly declared VAT. The court found no proof of active fraud by the suspect’s company or their knowledge of fraudulent activities elsewhere, noting that invoices aren’t automatically false simply because traffic was genuinely routed.
Source: btwjurisprudentie.nl
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