Fiscal fraud scheme, discovered by ANAF. The Minister of Finance details how the state of millions of lei was harmed
Alexandru Nazare. Inquam Photos / Octav Ganea
The Minister of Finance, Alexandru Nazare, announces on Thursday evening that the General Directorate of Fiscal Antifraud started, since last year, an investigation that concerns companies involved in the marketing of photovoltaic panels and which have established a true fraud scheme. Although the investigation has not completed, the minister announces that money and panels have been confiscated, the damage being estimated at 3 million lei, informs news.ro.
Starting from the last Recorder Investigation, which followed in the last year the story of a construction company that, according to the states declared, seems to be the largest ghost company in Romania, the Minister of Finance. Alexandru Nazare, announces on Thursday night that the phenomenon is investigated by ANAF from 2024
“The General Directorate of Fiscal Antifraud (DGAF) has an investigation started last year, which concerns companies involved in the marketing of photovoltaic panels. Among them the case highlighted today in the Recorder report,” Nazare on Facebook wrote.
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The minister also explains how the scheme works. “Certain companies import photovoltaic panels that they subsequently deliver to Bulgaria to fictitious companies, created by people who instrument the entire fraudulent circuit. Then, the goods are reintroduced in Romania, but through other companies, controlled by the same persons. However, without declaring the income, “detailed Nazare.
According to the minister, moreover, the importing companies submit balance sheets, in which they present an unreal financial situation, unsupported by the transactions carried out.
“This to have credibility in front of the suppliers and benefit from provider credits to be delivered to their subsequent payments. The panels then reach real buyers, good faith. But the companies that sell them do not later declare the real income. wrote the Nazare.
According to him, from the investigation of the anti -fraud appears that only such a company has made cash withdrawals of over 800,000 lei.
“The investigations are in progress, to unmask the networks that operate in this way. Seizures and confiscated goods are already, and the up -to -date data shows as follows: over 5,500 confiscated panels, amounts of over 1.3 million lei confiscated, estimated damage of over 3 million lei,” the Minister of Finance said.
