The six arrested are in the courts of Evelpida to be excused, who are accused of participating in a criminal organization, the members of which, through clothing production companies, committed criminal forgeries, scams at his expense EFKA and tax evasion.

As part of a broad police operation, which took place on October 14, 6 members of the criminal organization were arrested, including the leaders. They are 2 people from Bangladesh, 3 from Syria and a Greek, aged 42, 45, 46, 50, 36 and 55 years old, respectively.

How did they act?

As emerged from the months-long investigation, the arrested persons formed or joined an operationally structured criminal organization, with continuous action and distinct roles, with the aim of systematically committing fraud and tax violations at the expense of the State.

The criminal organization had developed a network of 9 clothing manufacturing companies, which operated consecutively with each other and for a short period of time, exploiting the insurance of 108 common employees, in order to hide their real financial activity and avoid paying insurance contributions and taxes.

In order to achieve their goal, the leading members of the criminal organization (42-year-old and 45-year-old) proceeded to incorporate their commercial activity either as a legal entity of various forms (E.E., I.K.E.), or as individual entities, using information from “straw men” managers or even non-existent persons with fake or falsified passports and documents that they had grab.

Subsequently, through these persons, they submitted Detailed Periodical Declarations (A.P.D.) for the insurance of the workers they employed themselves, without however paying the value of these contributions.

At the same time, they systematically avoided the payment of taxes (VAT, Income Tax) corresponding to the transactions carried out, while the competent tax authorities confirmed debts against the people who were listed on the forged, falsified, or stolen documents that had been filed.

An important role in the criminal organization was held by the 55-year-old arrested, who, being a professional accountant, provided the necessary expertise to facilitate the illegal activity.

In fact, the action of the organization had also extended to the illegal trafficking of immigrants, as through a company they had introduced to a non-existent person, they had procured a car, which they used for the illegal transportation of immigrants.

Furthermore, to legitimize their illegal income, they purchased real estate in Greece and abroad, bought and sold luxury cars, withdrew cash from strawmen’s accounts and sent remittances abroad using false information.

The total loss to the Greek State amounts to at least 2,190,000 euros, of which 1,634,976.20 euros correspond to unpaid insurance contributions and 555,514.85 euros to unpaid taxes.