Fiver persons detained. Fictitious VAT invoices for at least 5 million zlotys
The agents of the CBA detained next five persons acting in an organized criminal group issuing so-called "blank invoices".
Five entrepreneurs from Podkarpackie Voivodeship have been detained by the agents of the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Rzeszów. They are the next persons acting in an organized crime group dealing with economic crime, including VAT fraud, marketing of accounting documents attesting untruth – so-called "blank invoices". The persons detained by the CBA in the years 2014-2018 have placed on the market VAT invoices documenting a fictitious trade in goods for the amount of almost 5 million zlotys.
The disclosed practice was based on the conviction of its participants about their impunity related to the links of the organizer of the trade of "blank invoices" with employees of one of the tax offices in the Podkarpacie.
The collected material will be transferred to the Prosecutor’s Office, where entrepreneurs will be charged.
The detentions are the next stage of a multifaceted investigation conducted by the agents of the CBA under the supervision of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin.
Up to now, 11 persons have been charged, including the owner of the company, which issued "blank invoices" and the head of the tax office in Podkarpacie. The court applied to the five persons temporary detention.
The activities of the Rzeszów CBA in the investigation are underway, further threads connected with the criminal activity of the group are being investigated.