Two suspects were arrested last week at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) as part of an investigation into a €32 million cross-border VAT carousel fraud involving the sales of mobile phones. 

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.

Yesterday, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Athens (Greece) carried out searches in several locations, in a probe into a suspected VAT carousel fraud uncovered during investigation Admiral, with an estimated damage of €38 million. 

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. 

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.

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.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is carrying out 31 searches today in several locations, in an investigation into possible fraud involving works in Zalău city’s ring road, financed with €37 million in EU funds.

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. 

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cluj-Napoca (Romania) is carrying out nine searches today in Mureș County, in an investigation into a possible subsidy fraud involving projects for beekeeping and the processing of honey, financed by the EU.

At the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany), two suspects were arrested today in an investigation into a €19 million cross-border VAT carousel fraud involving the sales of Voice over IP (VoIP).