Fictitious VAT invoices for at least PLN 1,5 million
The officers of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau have detained two persons extorting VAT tax refund by using invoices that did not document actual economic events. By the use of invoices for an amount of over PLN 1,5 million, Treasury receivables were reduced by over PLN 100 thousand.
The officers of the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption in Poznań conduct under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań an investigation concerning issuing of fictitious VAT invoices related with alleged trading in car parts in years 2013–2018 for an amount of over PLN 10 million. As it has been established by investigators, the owners of economic entities from Wielkopolskie voivodeship were selling “blank” VAT invoices to other companies, which indicated them in tax declarations, leading to a reduction in tax liabilities. The officers of the CBA carried out the first operation within the case at the beginning of September this year. They detained 5 persons.
Today within conducted proceedings 2more persons have been detained. They are owners of companies. One of them issued in 2018 fictitious VAT invoices for an amount of over PLN 1,5 million. The second based on them reduced his tax liabilities for at least PLN 100 000, defining them as business expenses.
The officers of the CBA are also searching detainees’ places of residence, premises of the alleged business activities of economic entities and accounting offices in order to secure evidence.
The detainees will be charged in District Prosecutor’s Office in Poznań.