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 arrested, 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. Four people have been arrested, three members of a family and a tax advisor who was involved in the fraud, accused of crimes against the Treasury, accounting, document falsification and illegal possession of weapons.

The investigations began in November 2021, when the Tax Agency's Inspection Department in Murcia detected a network of commercial companies that defrauded millions of euros by simulating commercial operations.

The Special Delegation of the Tax Agency of Murcia reported the alleged illegal 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 Dean Court of Totana, with the investigation falling to the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Totana. The judge entrusted the investigations to Customs Surveillance officials of the Tax Agency as judicial police and to the Inspection Area as judicial assistance.

During the first half of 2022, the premises and centres where the direction and management of the scheme could be carried out were identified and located, and the persons allegedly responsible were identified.

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

During the raids and searches, documents and computer media relating to the commercial operations and tax returns of the plot were seized. In addition, a pistol, a shotgun and a large amount of ammunition were seized.

The transaction resulted in the seizure of 60,000 euros in cash and 92 promissory notes with a nominal value of over 442,000 euros. In addition, the balances of 150 bank accounts have been frozen and 143 vehicles and 34 properties have been seized.

The investigation is still ongoing and further arrests are not ruled out.