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Tax Evasion and Illegal VAT Refund Scheme Causes Over 30 Million Lei Damage, 32 Locations Raided

  • ANAF and police conducted anti-fraud checks and house searches on March 24, 2026, targeting companies in energy, wholesale, and medical products sectors.
  • The investigation covers 32 locations in Bucharest and several counties, focusing on tax evasion, illegal VAT refunds, and service-related crimes causing over 30 million lei in damages.
  • Companies created artificial transaction chains using intermediaries to inflate prices of medical products and evade taxes, then transferred fiscal obligations to insolvent or inactive firms.
  • Fictitious expenses and fake intra-community deliveries to Bulgaria were used to avoid paying VAT and profit tax, and to claim undue VAT refunds from the state.

Source: static.anaf.ro

Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.



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