The Tax Agency and the Civil Guard have carried out in recent days a series of actions against a criminal organization dedicated to the commission of alleged crimes against the Public Treasury for VAT fraud in the hydrocarbon trade and laundering of money obtained illegally . The organization against which measures were taken is said to be responsible for an alleged fraud against the Public Treasury in the years 2020 and 2021, which would reach 133 million euros.
Officials from the National Fraud Investigation Office (ONIF) of the National Tax Administration, in collaboration with agents of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, succeeded in dismantling this important criminal organization , characterized by the creation of a complex business. network led by a group of businessmen linked to the sector through which they would perpetuate the commission of fraud, making the instrumental companies responsible, artificially, for the settlement of the taxes generated by this trade.
At the same time, these companies transfer the funds corresponding to the profits generated by tax evasion to bank accounts of other companies located in third countries.
This police operation, framed in the fight against fraud committed on a recurring basis in this strategic sector, is directed by the Central Investigating Court number three of the National Court, in coordination with the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, after having made six arrests (two in Seville and four in Madrid), as well as two entries and searches at the company’s headquarters in Madrid.
