nine people arrested by National Police, Civil Guard and Tax Administration In Spain, in an international operation for VAT fraud worth more than 25m euros related to a scheme to sell mobile phones and other electronic devices in several European countries.
In Spain, 20 registrations were made at different addresses and registered offices in the provinces. Madrid, Barcelona, Castellón, Valencia, Valladolid, Alicante, Murcia, Malaga and PontevedraIt’s where four more people are being investigated in addition to the nine detainees, according to the National Police and Civil Guard.
This The operation called Marengo-RossoIt was led by the Delegation. European Prosecutor’s Office in Spain and carried out simultaneously. Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia and our country.
The main crimes investigated are criminal organisation, against the Treasury and money laundering.
frame consisting of a “complex chain”, Fictional companies spread over a large part of the territory of the European Union” has benefited from Community rules on cross-border transactions between its Member States that are exempt from VAT.
Specifically, this scam electronic device salesused forged invoices to avoid paying the tax in question and at the same time requested the national tax authorities to refund them if they were not entitled to it.
This system provided significant benefits for the organization studied, to which those gained from the sale of devices over the Internet should be added.
Finally, the network laundered its profits by reinvesting it. high value real estate purchase in countries such as the Czech Republic, Portugal or Italy, where the alleged ringleader has been arrested.
on the side Civil Guard, The investigation was conducted by the prosecutor’s office. Central Operating Unit (UCO)Together with the Central Economic and Financial Crimes Unit (UDEF) of the National Police, he intercepted numerous computer devices used by the conspiracy, as well as numerous documents related to the incident.