A large-scale investigation has been started for the Šiauliai company: a fraud scheme has been revealed, about 300 thousand people are being talked about. EUR amount

The police, the State Tax Inspectorate (STI) and the Šiauliai Prosecutor’s Office, under the coordination of the Criminal Police Office, carried out 70 searches throughout the country.

During them, important items for the investigation were searched and taken: computers, data carriers, mobile phones, documents, money. In total, about 240 thousand euros were taken to establish their origin and to know if they were obtained from legal activities.

Ramūnas Sarapas, the head of the Šiauliai County Police Chief’s Police Station (VPK), announced this at a press conference on Thursday. About 200 agents participated in the operation.

According to Šiauliai Chief District Prosecutor Kastytis Šikšnys, the circumstances of the investigation are related to tax evasion to avoid state taxes. The company provided incorrect income data, thus hiding another crime: keeping accounts.

“The head of the company organized a scheme: part of the production – car tires – was sold to other economic entities without accounting documents, then the money was returned through the employees to the same person. It is at least 300 thousand. Amount of euros “, – the attorney general presented the circumstances of the investigation.

The complaints were made against five people and the investigation is ongoing.

“Five accusations have been made: the organizer is a director of one of the companies, he was assisted by two employees, the other two suspects are representatives of another company,” noted K. Šikšnys.

Šiauliai aps. The report distributed by the LSC describes in detail the circumstances of the crime. It is believed that, following the director’s instructions, the manager of the company organized the sale of part of the production, tires, to various economic entities without accounting documents. Cash received from customers was turned over by company drivers to the company administrator, who did not provide the accountant who kept the accounts with the main accounting documents for the inclusion of the sale of goods in the company accounts.

As a result, the accountant did not record at least 300 thousand in the company’s accounting. and transferred the unaccounted-for income received to the Director.

The latter, as responsible for the organization of the company’s accounting and in order to avoid taxes, in the period 2018-2020 filled out and submitted to the Šiauliai County State Tax Inspectorate statements containing incorrect data on the income of the company.

Shortly after, the prosecutor clarified that the financier of the company was unaware of the “black money” movement.

“This is apparently a circumstance that shows the intentional desire of the manager, the organizer, to operate on the black market according to other rules of the game,” said K. Šikšnys.

The study was conducted from January 1, 2018. to 2020 September 29 Searches and tests were taken.

“The operation was successful because sufficient data was collected that people had committed incriminating criminal offenses,” Šiauliai’s chief prosecutor told a press conference.

The responsibility for a serious crime, according to the Penal Code, is imprisonment for up to 8 years. And for a felony, the penalty includes a fine, arrest and imprisonment of up to 4 years.

As Šiauliai aps. In the LSC report, a pre-trial investigation was launched and complaints were made about the fraudulent management of accounting and the presentation of incorrect data on income, earnings and assets to the head of the company. His accomplices, a 42-year-old alleged company manager and a 37-year-old administrator who committed the crime together, have been charged with complicity and fraudulent accounting.

Two individuals were also suspected of having transactions with the fraudulent accounting firm and misrepresentation of income, earnings and assets.