This week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal, where a former president of Dinamo București football club was indicted for fraud. This follows house searches in Romania and France in May this year, in an investigation into a €30 million fraud involving EU and national funds.

Following the public interest raised by the press conference held today by Mayor of Varna (Bulgaria),  Mr Ivan Portnih, the EPPO would like to emphasise that it does not comment on statements made by political representatives in relation to our investigations.

The European Chief Prosecutor, Laura Codruța Kövesi, and the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Denmark, Peter Hummelgaard, signed a working arrangement on the cooperation between the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the Ministry of Justice of the Kingdom of Denmark.

Last week, on 22 August 2023, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome, the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) seized €1 million, in an investigation into an NGO suspected of embezzling EU tourism funding.

In June 2023, two individuals were convicted by the Regional Court in České Budějovice (Czechia) of subsidy fraud, in an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in České Budějovice (Czechia). In a judgment that entered legal force this week, the defendants were found to have unlawfully obtained €125 000 in EU funds for a social entrepreneurship project.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) carried out searches yesterday at numerous locations, in an investigation into two projects for the modernisation of the railway infrastructure, worth over €241 million in EU financing.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria), the mayor of the city of General Toshevo (Dobrich province) was arrested today, in a probe into subsidy fraud involving a project for increasing energy efficiency in social housing.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca and Iaşi (Romania) is carrying out searches today in 17 locations, including public institutions, in an investigation into a €1.6 million fraud involving EU and national funds intended to promote employment.

Last week, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment in the Regional Court of Vilnius (Lithuania) against five individuals and two companies, for fraud involving two projects – the farming of livestock and a wellness centre – co-funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has filed an indictment against eight suspects in connection with a VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of luxury cars and medical face masks, with an estimated damage of €80 million.