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Czechia: Three individuals and three companies convicted of €5.5 million fraud involving nanobots research funds
Yesterday, the Regional Court in Prague (Czechia) convicted three individuals and three companies of a €5.5 million subsidy fraud involving nanobot research, as well as money laundering, following an investigation and indictment by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague.
Germany: EPPO secures two additional arrests and seizures of €11 million in Water into Wine investigation
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Berlin (Germany) arrested two additional suspects and seized assets worth €11 million yesterday in an investigation into a criminal organisation suspected of defrauding €66 million in unpaid VAT and of evading over €137 million in excise duties.
Lithuania: Searches and four detained in subsidy fraud investigation involving rural development funds
Ten searches were conducted yesterday and four individuals were detained in a criminal investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Lithuania, and carried out by the Financial Crime Investigation Service (Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba – FNTT), into an alleged €136...
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