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A criminal organization that evaded VAT payments on sales has been dismantled. ‘on-line’ mobile phones

  • Three people have been arrested, including the head of the organization, and two other individuals are under investigation.

  • The organization had created a network of companies through which it simulated carrying out the activity from Andorra in order to avoid paying taxes in Spain.

  • They are accused of several crimes against the Public Treasury during the fiscal years from 2019 to 2024 for a tax fraud estimated at more than four million euros

  • The investigation confirmed that the activity was not actually carried out from Andorra, but that the organization initially had a warehouse located in Jaén from which the devices from other EU states were received and distributed by courier.

November 13, 2025. The Tax Agency and the Civil Guard, within the framework of operation 'Logisur', have arrested three people and investigated two others, belonging to a criminal organization dedicated to the online sale of electronic devices, mainly mobile phones and tablets. The organization used various shell companies to simulate that sales to end customers located in Spain were made from the Principality of Andorra, thus avoiding the payment of VAT in our country. The tax fraud is estimated at more than four million euros.

Searches have been carried out in homes and commercial premises located in the towns of Jaén, Coslada (Madrid) and Tarragona, as well as in the Principality of Andorra. The searches carried out in Andorra located the offices where the company pretended to work, verifying that they were completely empty despite trying to make it appear outwardly that a commercial activity was taking place inside.

Numerous bank accounts used by the network, real estate and high-end vehicles, snowmobiles and motorcycles have been seized. During the house searches, 70,000 euros were found in various bank accounts.

The investigation, which began in 2023, confirmed that the activity was not actually carried out from Andorra, but that the organization initially had a warehouse located in the town of Jaén from where the devices were received directly from other EU States, as well as stock control, packaging and distribution to the final customers, through shipments by specialized parcel companies. After the closure of the Jaén warehouse at the end of 2023, the merchandise continued to be received and dispatched to the end customers, through a logistics warehouse in Coslada (Madrid).

The main company in the network advertised itself as the leader in online sales in its sector. By not paying certain taxes, they had a large profit margin to offer great deals at very competitive prices.

This allowed them to maintain a very high standard of living, with some of the ringleaders having incomes of almost one million euros in one of their accounts and handling large amounts of cryptocurrencies.

Once the alleged perpetrators were located, they were arrested, including the leader of the organization, who was arrested by investigators in the Principality of Andorra and the Judicial Police of the Principality of Andorra within the framework of an international rogatory commission.

The website they used to sell mobile phones and other electronic devices has been blocked by court order.

The operation has been carried out by the Combined Unit of Granada of Customs Surveillance and the Regional Inspection Unit of Andalusia of the Tax Agency and the Organic Unit of Judicial Police of the Command of the Civil Guard of Jaén, under the direction of the Court of Instruction No. 2 of Jaén.