CENTRAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU always in the interest of Poland CBA and KAS Against Tax Fraudsters - News

On 25 November 2025, officers of the Regional Offices of the CBA in Kraków and Warsaw, together with officers of the Mazovian Customs and Tax Office in Warsaw, carried out a series of searches at several locations in the Mazovian and Świętokrzyskie provinces, securing extensive accounting documentation. Based on the evidence gathered during these operations, the Prosecutor brought charges against 27 individuals, including under Articles 273, 299 §1, and 271a §1 of the Polish Criminal Code.

Losses to the State Treasury

The investigation conducted by CBA officers concerns the activities of an organised criminal group involved in issuing and distributing unreliable invoices. Nearly one thousand business entities operating across the country were involved in the scheme. The unreliable VAT invoices were used by entrepreneurs in VAT tax returns (VAT-7) and JPK_VAT files in order to unlawfully reduce their tax liabilities. The group operated between 2012 and 2021. The criminal activity is estimated to have exposed the State Treasury to a loss of VAT exceeding PLN 1.2 billion.

Preventive Measures

The suspects were charged at the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw with tax fraud, issuing and using documents certifying false information about the actual circumstances of events, and money laundering.

Preventive measures were imposed on all 27 suspects in the form of police supervision and a ban on contacting other persons involved in the case.

Another Stage of the Investigation

The investigation is ongoing and developing. This is already the eighth procedural operation carried out in these preparatory proceedings conducted under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw. Further arrests are planned.

CBA Press Team