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RSSMayor of Romanian municipality indicted for attempted subsidy fraud and forgery
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) filed an indictment against the mayor of Brăhășești, a rural municipality in the Galați county, in Romania, at the Iași County Court, on 7 December, for attempted subsidy fraud and forgery of official documents.
Romania: More than 20 suspects indicted for participation in transnational organisation operating to fraudulently obtain EU funds
On 19 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Romania referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, where 23 people have been indicted for participating in a criminal organisation operating in Romania and Austria to fraudulently obtain more than €5 million in EU and national funds.
Romania: Five people and four companies indicted for fraud with EU funds for the development of the Danube Delta
On 19 December 2022, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Romania referred a criminal case to the Bucharest Tribunal Court, where five individuals and four companies have been indicted for participating in a criminal organisation to fraudulently obtain more than €3 million in EU funds for the development of the Danube Delta.
Further convictions in Germany in cross-border VAT evasion case
In November 2021, six people were arrested in Czechia, Romania and Slovakia on suspicion of forming a criminal organisation and evading taxes.
EPPO Munich investigation into VAT carousel fraud with estimated tax losses of €80 million – arrest and searches in Romania
An investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich has led to the discovery of a VAT carousel fraud scheme involving 21 suspects, with activities in Germany, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the UK. Two of the suspects, who were responsible for organising the paperwork of the criminal activity, are based in Romania and one of them was arrested yesterday.
Operation Admiral: EPPO uncovers organised crime groups responsible for VAT fraud estimated at €2.2 billion
Today, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, in cooperation with law enforcement agencies of 14 EU Member States, carried out simultaneous investigative measures, including more than 200 searches, in relation to a complex VAT fraud scheme based on the sale of popular electronic goods.
Italy: EPPO seizes €24 million in investigation for tax evasion on imported fuels
In an investigation into tax evasion on imported fuels, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Palermo, the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) executed a seizure decree on Thursday of assets worth more than €24 million against eight companies, two individual entrepreneurs and 13 suspects.
European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi speaks at the Bundestag
The European Chief Prosecutor Laura Kövesi today spoke at the Bundestag, the German federal parliament. Laura Kövesi addressed the Legal Affairs Committee.
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Medical rehabilitation centre in Romania: businessman and company indicted for fraud and money laundering, damages of over €3 million in EU funds
Today, a Romanian businessman and a company he represented were indicted at the Bucharest Tribunal (county court) for fraudulently obtaining over €3 million in EU funds for the development of RECUMED, a research-development centre in medical recovery and bio reconstruction.