“The value of fictitious textures can be nearly six million zlotys”

Officers of the Central Anti -Corruption Bureau detained four people in the investigation regarding money laundering. This is, among others, the head of four companies and the chief accountant. The value of fictitious textures can be nearly six million zlotys.

The officers of the Łódź CBA delegation detained two women and two men in the investigation regarding the issue of fictitious invoices in the period from January 2019 to the end of 2024.

“Among the detainees, the owner of four companies operating in the food industry, which actually supervised other entities participating in the criminal procedure for using unreliable invoices. The main accountant and two persons representing other business entities were also detained at the prosecutor's order,” said CBA press team.

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Secured documentation

CBA officers together with officers of the Mazovian Customs and Tax Office secured the financial and accounting documentation of companies and electronic equipment. The place of residence of detainees and the seat of two companies in the voivodships: Mazowieckie and Łódź was searched.

The CBA said that the findings of the investigation show that between related entities from the gastronomy services industry were used to use invoices that did not document real economic transactions.

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Nearly 10 entities participated in the procedure, whose activities were supervised by one of the detainees. The man used the bank accounts of these companies to pretend to pay in economic trading.

“The accountant was to deal with the settlement and accounting of transactions resulting from unreliable invoices, which was to create the appearance of conducting business activity in this respect and to thwart or hinder the statement of criminal origin of payment funds that were subject to turnover on bank accounts” – noted the CBA.

The company conducted a large scale business, and “left invoices” were a way to demonstrate high economic costs. Preliminary findings show that the value of fictitious VAT invoices may amount to nearly six million zlotys.

Allegations for detainees

The detainees were brought to the Warsaw -Prague District Prosecutor's Office in Warsaw, where they heard the accusation of intellectual forgery of invoices and money laundering.

The prosecutor applied to the detainees a guarantee of property in the amount of 100,000. PLN to 500 thousand PLN, police supervision and a ban on contacting specific people. Cash, gold coins, jewelry and expensive watches were secured against the threatening penalties.

Investigators pointed out that this is the first procedural implementation in the preparatory proceedings. The matter is developmental.

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