Charges for participation in criminal activities of the so-called fuel mafia
The CBA and the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Białystok have been continuing their activities in connection with the operation of the so-called fuel mafia - another person detained.
The officers of the CBA Regional Office in Łódź have detained another person in Poznań, who has been involved in the operation of an organised crime group operating on the territory of the Republic of Poland in the years 2013-2018. The investigators’ findings indicate that the group placed on the market and then fictitiously invoiced goods in the form of diesel oil, lubricating oil, petrol and rapeseed oil. Moreover, invoices and accounting documentation were issued to attest the untruth.
The investigators' findings indicate that the detainee recruited persons who later acted as financial operators or poles. He also and controlled tasks imposed on them. The value of the object of the loss of tax on goods and services, which occurred with his participation, amounts to at least PLN 11 million.
The detainee has been taken to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Białystok where he has been charged with penal fiscal offences, participation in criminal activities of an organised crime group, and money laundering. The prosecutor has applied non-custodial preventive measures against him.
To date, 127 persons have been charged in proceedings related to the operation of the so-called fuel mafia.
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