The scheme will be mounted by a Portuguese and a 52 and 35 -year -old Frenchmanand would consist of the purchase From electronic equipment to European suppliers who would later be resold on the internet without paying VAT. OS ARuids were convicted of having injured the state in 80 million eurosbetween 2016 and 2022.
The main defendants of Operation “Admiral” were sentenced to effective penalties between five and eight years in prison.
Concerned are crimes of Tax fraud, corruption, capital bleaching and document forgery.
All 26 defendants – 11 people and 15 companies – were convicted of having injured the state in 80 million eurosbetween 2016 and 2022, through a fraudulent scheme that went through Purchase of electronic equipment to European suppliers who would later be resold on the internet without paying VAT.
Fiscal fraud in the European community space ascends to almost 3 billion euros.
It was one of the most complex investigations of the European Attorney’s Office on IVA IVA megaphraude.
The trial of Operation “Admiral” began on October 31, 2024 and some of the defendants partially confessed to the crimes that are imputed to them.
SAccording to the prosecution, the scheme will have been mounted by a Portuguese and a 52 and 35 -year -old Frenchmanand it would consist of buying European suppliers and resale ‘online’ of electronic products, with false contours that would allow transactions to unduly benefit from exemptions in the Added Value Tax (VAT).
