Another person detained for VAT scams. Multi-million losses
A businessman was detained by the CBA in connection with the suspicion of extortion of VAT tax. The State Treasury losses in this matter are valued at over PLN 30 million.
Agents from the Katowice Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau detained another person who took part in an organized criminal group, extorting multimillion amounts of undue refund of tax on goods and services (VAT tax). Detained Remigiusz K. is an entrepreneur from the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The proceeding initiated on the basis of the CBA’s own material is conducted under the supervision of the Department II for Economic Offences of the District Prosecutor's Office in Katowice. The investigation concerns the dealings related to carousel transactions, i.e. fictitious transactions within intra-Community trade in steel with the aim of extorting a refund of VAT tax. Findings of investigators indicate that Czech companies were also involved in the apparent trade in steel.
This detention is the next step of the completion of the multifaceted case, in which 26 people have already heard charges. As a result of the activity of this organized criminal group, the State Treasury lost over PLN 30 million due to unpaid VAT tax.