Trading of VAT invoices baffled. Three individuals detained by the CBA.
Three individuals detained by the CBA in connection with the trading of fictitious VAT invoices under the so-called special operation.
In a Warsaw restaurant and in Radzymin, the officers of the CBA Regional Office in Warsaw detained three individuals involved in trading of fictitious VAT invoices. It was a result of a sting operation aiming to purchase invoices amounting to approximately PL 2,400,000. About 270 companies were involved in the procedure of issuing unreliable invoices. The criminal activity consisted in the sale of “blank” invoices to other companies which declared them in their tax returns, resulting in the depletion of tax receivables. The invoices covered different areas, including training courses, and, according to the findings made by the CBA officers, the detainees made this criminal procedure a permanent source of their income.
The CBA officers also searched places of residence and business premises belonging to the detainees. Extensive evidence was secured in the course of these activities.
The detainees will be taken to the District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw.
These are not the CBA's first activities in this case. The first operations took place in February this year. The investigation is active and ongoing.