17 nabbed over alleged tax fraud in Poland
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
14.12.2018 11:00
Police in Poland say they have detained 17 members of a suspected organised crime group over alleged VAT fraud involving goods such as consumer electronics.
Photo: cbsp.policja.pl
Investigators believe the group used fraudulent invoices to claim value-added tax refunds on a massive scale.
The losses to public coffers from the suspected scam are estimated at more than PLN 70 million (EUR 16.3 million, USD 18.4 million), public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported on Friday.
It quoted a spokesman for Poland’s Central Bureau of Police Investigation (CBŚP) as saying that the detentions followed a probe conducted in several cities in tandem with prosecutors and inspectors from the National Revenue Administration (KAS).
As part of the operation, officers have seized property belonging to the suspects, including money, jewelry and luxury cars, the spokesman, Paweł Żukiewicz, said, as cited by the IAR news agency.
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR, cbsp.policja.pl