– Members of the group created a network of transport companies. The companies issued and introduced into economic circulation “empty” invoices documenting fictitious transactions – explains Agnieszka Rzeźnicka-Gniadek, press spokesperson for the Lower Silesian KAS.
And she adds:
The detained individuals are 4 co-owners of the company, 2 “presidents” of shell companies (a foreign national and a homeless man), and an accountant.
The group’s activities exposed the state budget to a loss of PLN 30 million.
Spokesperson: – Officers of the Customs and Tax Service from the Lower Silesian KAS secured the suspects’ assets, including cash, vehicles, real estate and funds in bank accounts worth nearly PLN 26 million.
At the prosecutor’s request, the district court ordered 6 people to be held in pre-trial detention for 3 months. The suspects were charged with participating in an organized criminal group, money laundering and tax fraud. They face between 5 and 25 years in prison.
The investigation is being conducted by the Lower Silesian Customs and Tax Office in Wrocław under the supervision of the Lower Silesian Organized Crime Division of the National Prosecutor’s Office. The case is developing, and investigators do not rule out further arrests.