The police’s Tax Cobra operation uncovered a three-man organised group that was engaged in tax evasion from at least March 2013, causing the state a minimum amount of damages totalling almost half a million euro.
If found guilty, the men might face up to twelve years in jail. They procured tax-related documents such as orders, invoices, delivery notes and transfer orders, which were then used to cover fictional deals on agricultural products such as sunflower seed, rapeseed, wheat and corn. The details of how the scam worked were not revealed.
Anca Dragu
