The fraud scandal with the VAT bills is taking giant proportions. The
Tax Office announced the discovery of a mega-scheme in the scrap trade
that has taken 26 million USD from the state budget through fictive VAT
bills.
The General Tax Office declared that in cooperation with the Prosecution’s Tax Orce in Tirana, they have successfully finalized the operation by approving the imprisonment of some leaders of the subjects included in this scheme.
The investigations showed that these firms have fictively registered different people without any commercial activity, just to withdraw the VAT bills, and then making fictive scrap purchases by avoiding the VAT payment.
According to the tax office, a huge number of subjects have been included in the scheme, and investigations have shown and documented the criminal activity of the defendants, through which they profited from the fictive sales, by enabling the crediting of VAT for every purchase.
The investigation started with the intelligence structure at the Tax Office Directory, and then the procedural and investigative actions made possible the full legal documentation of this activity, which, according to the tax office, is spread in Tirana, Elbasan and Lezha.
The notification says that the Tirana Prosecution has left in prison Avni Hoxha, Gjergji Lami, Ilir Allmeta, Josif Kadria, Juxhin Zeqaj, Perparim Zeqaj, Ramiz Veizaj and Kadri Rama, while Hava Mucollari was held in a house arrest.
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