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13 Charged in €2.8M VAT Fraud Over Fake Electronics Trade Across Europe, 2015–2017

  • 13 people have been indicted for participating in a criminal group that conducted fictitious trade in electronic equipment across Europe from 2015 to 2017.
  • The group used fake invoices and tax carousel schemes to fraudulently obtain over 12 million PLN in VAT refunds and evade tax payments.
  • Their activities involved Poland and several other European countries, utilizing a network of interconnected companies and “missing traders.”
  • The investigation, supervised by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw, covers around 1,600 Polish and over 200 foreign entities, with total tax losses exceeding 1.5 billion PLN.
  • Over 140 suspects have been charged so far in connection with the case.

Source: gov.pl

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