In the commitment of bank accounts, bank boxes, assets, etc. The head of the Authority for the money laundering, a former Supreme Court’s deputy prosecutor Charalambos Vourliotis, was proceeded with a member of the Circuit of Companies who from virtual tax refunds caused damage to the Greek State of 13.4m euros.

Mr Vourliotis has forwarded a multi -page report to the competent prosecutor to investigate criminal acts, such as criminal organization, tax evasion, fraud and money laundering.

The persons involved were operating organized through companies set up in order to They take back money from AADE as a tax return from virtual transactions.

But the high tax refundwhere exceeded 4,000,000 euros For the use of a single financial year in specific companies, it has aroused the Authority’s interest, which began an investigation that revealed the existence of a circuit.

The Authority identified a series of persons allegedly operating organized and participated in a circuit with the aim of passing under the AADE control, collecting € 4 million as a tax refund, allegedly resulted as a credit balance from virtual transactions between them. The final estimated amount obtained is calculated in at least EUR 13.4 million.

In particular, the private capital companies involved (IKE) involved were newly formed at a time limit in December 2023 and set up with a very small capital.

Another element that caught the attention of the Authority is that although companies started their activity within the 2023they had great turnoverwith a limited number of customers and suppliers.

In particular, the tax refund was credited to their accounts on the same day many times and the audited persons proceeded with cash withdrawal or transfers to third -party accounts.

In addition, all financial and tax statements had undertaken to sign a person, which is known in the beginning from the past, from other cases.