Multi-million fuel fraud. Further detainees
Two persons detained by the CBA have heard charges of depleting public law liabilities by virtue of unpaid VAT in the fuel trade in the amount of at least PLN 109 million.
The officers of the CBA Regional Office in Łódź have detained two persons (a man and a woman) in the Mazowieckie and Wielkopolskie voivodships, who are connected with an organised crime group engaged in depleting the State Treasury receivables by trading in fuels. The group operated on the territory of Poland in the years 2013 - 2016.
In the course of the investigation conducted by the CBA officers, it was established that one of the detained persons (the woman) played the role of the so-called “mafia accountant” - she kept informal accounts of entities in the fuel supply chains from abroad to Poland on the instructions of the criminal group members. Her criminal activity also involved counterfeiting and filling in tax declarations on behalf of the so-called shells, performing managerial functions in the “missing traders”. The other detainee supported the organisers of the criminal offence in finding a person formally acting as a "missing trader" in one of the fuel supply chains to Poland.
The detainees have heard charges of depleting public law liabilities by virtue of unpaid VAT in the fuel trade in the amount of at least PLN 109 million.
In total, over 190 persons have been charged in the investigation.
Public Relations Division of the CBA
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