CENTRAL ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU always in the interest of Poland Unreliable invoices and major losses to the state budget - News

On 9 December 2025, five men operating in the services sector were detained in Warsaw, Skarżysko-Kamienna, and the Grodzisk and Otwock districts. According to findings by officers of the CBA Regional Office in Warsaw, the entrepreneurs purchased more than 150 unreliable invoices worth approximately 2.5 million PLN from an organised criminal group. The invoices concerned advisory services. During the operation, CBA officers secured accounting records and cash.

Extensive investigative measures

The core focus of the investigation conducted by officers of the Regional Office of the CBA in Warsaw is the activity of an organised criminal group involved in issuing and distributing unreliable invoices. The unreliable VAT invoices were used by the entrepreneurs in VAT-7 declarations and JPK_VAT files to unlawfully reduce their tax liabilities. The group operated between 2019 and 2023 across several provinces. The criminal scheme is believed to have exposed the State Treasury to a loss of at least 34.5 million PLN in VAT.

Preventive measures applied

The detainees were brought to the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, where they were charged with using unreliable VAT invoices and with fiscal criminal charges of depleting public debt to the detriment of the State Treasury.

The prosecutor imposed preventive measures on the suspects, including bail totaling PLN 100,000, police supervision, and a ban on contact with other individuals.

The investigation is ongoing

This was the 17th procedural action carried out as part of the preparatory proceedings concerning tax evasion and submitting false information in VAT declarations.

Since the beginning of the investigation, CBA officers have detained 73 individuals. The prosecutor has brought a total of 179 charges in the case. The investigation is multi-threaded, and further procedural actions are planned.

CBA Press Team