A blow to the "fuel mafia"- an assistant detained
Another detainee in the investigation into the operation of an organised crime group which exposed the State Treasury to a VAT depletion of over PLN 63 million.
As part of the proceedings concerning the so-called 'fuel mafia' operating on the territory of the Republic of Poland in the years 2013-2018, the officers of the Regional Office of the Central Anti-Corruption Bureau in Łódź have detained another person in the Lublin Voivodship. The investigator's findings indicate that the group organised a number of companies which while documenting the alleged trading in liquid fuels accepted proceeds of crime in their accounts, and then transferred the money. The amount of VAT extorted in that manner could exceed PLN 63 million.
The evidence gathered in the case reveals that within the criminal scheme, the detainee acted as a person assisting the organisers of the criminal offence in finding the so-called shell, i.e. a person formally managing a company used for criminal activities.
In the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Białystok, the detained man faced charges of aiding and abetting the criminal offence of exposure to depletion of the State Treasury receivables due to uncollected VAT.
In August, in connection with this case, the CBA officers detained four members of the same criminal group.
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