Ten people detained for issuing fictitious invoices

Ten people will be responsible for issuing empty invoices for over PLN 15 million. In this way, tax revenues were lowered by PLN 5 million. A suspected in a suspect is facing up to 15 years in prison for the invoice crime.

Spokesman for the head of the National Tax Administration of the Academy of Fine Arts. Justyna Pasieczyńska announced on Tuesday that officers from the Lower Silesian Customs and Tax Office in Wrocław liquidated the criminal group that issued fictitious invoices in the construction industry.

“The detainees are members of an organized criminal group that provided fictitious construction services and prevented business activity. The group members introduced the so -called empty invoices worth PLN 15 million, which reduced their tax liabilities by PLN 5 million,” said the spokesman.

She explained that from the beginning of the investigation, i.e. from 2023, officers searched 20 locations in Warsaw, Wrocław and the surrounding area, where they secured, among others Accounting documentation, money in various currencies, jewelry, illegal firearms and drugs.

Kasa collected on the property of suspects (real estate, money, gold) in the amount of PLN 7 million.

“Detained in the prosecutor's office, they heard allegations of, among others, invoice crime: issuing unreliable VAT invoices with considerable value or using such invoices to make tax fraud and make yourself a permanent source of income,” said KAS spokesman.

Suspects are facing up to 15 years in prison. (PAP)

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