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Romania: Former mayor and sons indicted for fraud involving medical services
Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania) filed an indictment at the Bucharest Tribunal against three Romanian citizens, a former mayor and his two sons, for fraud involving medical services, financed by the EU.
Italy: EPPO uncovers Chinese underground banking network suspected of €113 million VAT fraud
A coordinated sting by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bologna and Milan (Italy) today dismantled a criminal gang, alleged to have evaded the payment of €113 million in VAT, while using a Chinese underground banking network for money laundering.
Czechia: Three charged with €3.9 million fraud involving project for innovative toast bread
Two individuals and one company were charged today with a €3.9 million subsidy fraud, following an investigation into a project for an innovative line to produce new types of toast bread, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague (Czechia).
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