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Germany: EPPO carries out searches at bank in €200 million VAT fraud investigation

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) has conducted searches at a bank in Munich in a probe into a possible €200 million VAT fraud. Under investigation is the managing director of a company, who is suspected to have founded the company with the sole purpose of creating a fictitious business identity to process transactions via his company’s bank accounts.

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Germany: Ringleader convicted of VAT fraud involving sales of wireless earbuds

The Regional Court of Regensburg (Germany) convicted yesterday an individual of organised VAT fraud and sentenced him to four years of imprisonment, following an investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich, concerning a VAT fraud scheme involving wireless earbuds. 

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Germany: EPPO secures five convictions in VAT fraud investigation involving Covid-19 tests

Five individuals were convicted by the Munich Regional Court (Landgericht München I) for organised VAT fraud this week, following a multimillion VAT fraud investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany). Their criminal activities, which involved trading Covid-19 tests, are estimated to have caused a VAT loss of around €14 million.

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EPPO signs Working Arrangement with the European Parliament

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) and the European Parliament (EP) have concluded a working arrangement to establish the modalities of cooperation for the purpose of protecting the financial interests of the EU.

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Investigation Admiral 2.0: Europe’s biggest VAT fraud with links to organised crime

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Riga (Latvia) and Vilnius (Lithuania) mobilised during the last two days 624 law enforcement officers to perform searches and arrests across 16 countries. Based on findings from the Admiral investigation, the EPPO uncovered another criminal syndicate suspected of a complex VAT fraud scheme involving the trade of popular electronic goods and creating an estimated VAT loss of €297 million.