this Civil Guard, with the agency Poland PCB (Polish Central Bureau of Investigation), arrested Great Canary Seven Polish nationals to defraud more than 27 million Euros of VAT.
The detainees were claimed by their country through a criminal procedure followed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Department of the National Prosecutor’s Office in Szczecin.
Members of this organization to commit this fraud created a network of front companies his lack of real activity served to generate high volumes of documents and forged invoices to take on the criminal offenses being investigated.
The operation carried out is one of the largest economic investigations ever carried out by PCBI, which has investigated more than 180 real and legal persons for fraud, membership in a criminal organization and money laundering.
Major leaders the studied network resides in Gran Canariawhere they try to go undetected by local authorities.
The actions were carried out simultaneously. Spain Y Poland In coordination with EUROJUST and EUROPOL. In our country, the Civil Guards made 4 searches and arrested 7 people. A total of ten searches and three arrests have been made so far in Poland.
The phase, carried out in Spain, made possible the seizure of cash, notary, banking and corporate documents, as well as three cryptocurrency wallets and a large number of computers and telephone devices, which attracted great attention for the investigation.
Due to the complexity of the investigation and the simultaneity of the actions, for the investigation to conclude, direct participation More than 80 agencies The different specializations of the Civil Guards and participating international organizations.
The Civil Guard Information Center (UCE-3) and the Las Palmas Command Information Group, in collaboration with EUROJUST and the Las Palmas International Cooperation Prosecutor’s Office, located the suspects. The detainees are at the disposal of the National Supreme Court to open the relevant delivery procedure to the Polish judicial authorities.