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The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) has filed an indictment before the Paris Criminal Court against two individuals residing in Germany and Switzerland following an investigation into suspected subsidy fraud of €240 000 in ERASMUS+ funding.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice (Poland), six individuals were detained yesterday, as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving €900 000 in compensation to companies for losses caused by floods.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Munich (Germany), five individuals were arrested today in Czechia, suspected of being the organisers of a criminal VAT fraud scheme involving the sales of wireless earbuds. 

Today, a public auction in France of more than 10 000 e-bikes and e-scooters seized in the course of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) investigation Calypso generated € 1 853 800 in proceeds. This amount is a small part of the financial effects resulting from the ongoing investigation.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) has filed an indictment against a vineyard owner suspected of attempting to obtain €348 231.64 in EU funding on the basis of false information.

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Bucharest (Romania), 19 searches were conducted today at the premises of individuals and companies in an investigation into suspected procurement fraud involving EU-funded IT projects worth €7 million.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Venice (Italy), the judge for preliminary investigations at the Court of Milan issued a house arrest order against two individuals suspected of having managed and used several companies to commit a VAT carousel fraud.

In an investigation into a suspected customs evasion scheme involving gelatine imports between affiliated companies, led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Frankfurt (Germany), coordinated searches were carried out in Brazil, Belgium and Germany.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Ostrava (Czechia) has filed an indictment before the Municipal Court in Prague against five individuals and one company suspected of defrauding over €17.4 million (CZK 418 million) in VAT on goods imported from China.