In the bank of the condemned – 16 accomplices, who did not pay almost 400 thousand. taxes in euros

According to the data of the pre-trial investigation, the head of several companies operating in Vilnius, in cooperation with the directors of several other companies, bought and sold metal and its products from European countries in Lithuania. The accomplices, to avoid paying taxes to the State, developed and executed criminal schemes for the evasion of the value added tax through companies under their control. Officials estimate that in a few years the amount of hidden VAT could have exceeded 105 thousand. euros.

The Vilnius leader himself got caught in the officers due to several more criminal acts. While controlling several companies and working with partners, one of them allegedly fraudulently attracted a large amount of cash: more than 27 thousand. euros.

In the course of his activities, officials discovered that the companies he ran may have been fraudulently run to conceal taxes payable to the state. In addition, new mobile phones and communication services were ordered from mobile operators on behalf of the same companies, providing false information, for which the manager did not intend to pay.

The investigation also revealed that said Vilnius resident, possibly to avoid liability for accumulated debts and unpaid taxes, used a popular corporate liability and liability exemption scheme for his activities: he transferred companies to antisocials or people who had nothing to do with business.

Officials suspect that the Vilnius resident, for a fee, helped apply the same company divestiture plan to other directors of 8 individual companies who wanted to avoid paying the debts accumulated in the managed companies. Loaned companies were found to have been rewritten to antisocial people by falsifying documents, thus implicating them in crime. Furthermore, the accounting records of the companies were kept secret in order to avoid any personal liability of the former directors for previous periods of management and accounting of the company.

The complaints were made by 16 accomplices. 69 crimes under 37 episodes are brought to trial. It is estimated that the damage caused to the state by the suspects during the entire period was more than 376 thousand. euros. The court also received 26 civil lawsuits, the total amount of which exceeds 338 thousand. euros. The property right over the property, the value of which amounts to almost 626 thousand. euros.

In the course of the investigation, 18 cases with 18 suspects for misdemeanors and similar minor offenses were separated from this case, and all suspects were found guilty.

The pre-trial investigation was organized and led by the Prosecutor of the 3rd Prosecution Division of the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office.

High-value foreign property obtained through fraud carries the most severe prison term of up to eight years. Fraudulent accounting is severely punishable by up to four years in prison. The most severe sentence that can be imposed for falsification of documents is three years in prison. And the falsification of documents, when it has caused significant damage, is punishable by up to six years in prison.