Operation of the Tax Agency against fraud

• The plot would have defrauded more than four million euros in VAT by issuing false invoices
• There are four people detained, three members of a family and a tax advisor who collaborated in the fraud

July 5, 2022.- The Tax Agency has dismantled a criminal organization that defrauded taxes in the road transport sector. The plot would have defrauded more than four million euros in VAT by issuing false invoices, between 2016 and 2018. There are four people detained, three members of a family and a tax advisor who collaborated in the fraud, accused of crimes against the Public Treasury, accounting and document falsification and illicit possession of weapons.

The investigations began in November 2021, when the Inspection Area of the Tax Agency in Murcia detected a plot of commercial companies that defrauded million-dollar amounts by simulating commercial operations.

The Special Delegation of the Murcia Tax Agency reported the alleged illicit conduct to the Economic Crimes Prosecutor's Office of the TSJ of Murcia, who in turn reported the alleged commission of these crimes to the Senior Court of Totana, with the investigation falling to the First Court. Instance and Instruction number 4 of Totana. The judge entrusted the investigations to Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency as judicial police and from the Inspection Area as judicial assistance.

During the first half of 2022, the premises and centers where the direction and management of the plot could be carried out were identified and located, and the people allegedly responsible were identified.

On June 21, after the authorization of the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Totana, entries and searches were carried out in private homes, a consulting room, a hotel room and industrial warehouses in Mazarrón, Almería and Murcia.

Documentation and computer media related to the commercial operations and tax returns of the plot were intervened in the entries and records. In addition, a pistol, a shotgun and numerous ammunition were seized.

The operation has been settled with the intervention of 60,000 euros in cash and 92 promissory notes with a nominal value greater than 442,000 euros. In addition, the balances of 150 bank accounts have been blocked and 143 transport elements and 34 properties have been seized.

The investigation remains open and new arrests are not ruled out.