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The Panevėžys Regional Prosecutor’s Office has completed a pre-trial investigation into financial crimes in the provision of taxi services. The charges were brought against four companies providing taxi and transport services in Panevėžys, their manager and two accountants. One person was released from criminal liability on bail.
Officials of Panevėžys AVPK, having chosen one of the priority directions for the fight against shadow – the activities of companies providing passenger transport services, conducted an analysis of companies operating in Panevėžys. The purpose of the study was to determine if these companies do not hide income and pay taxes in good faith.
Four companies that provide taxi services in Panevėžys came to the attention of Panev dežys forensic scientists.
Four limited liability companies providing taxi services in Panevėžys, the official or de facto director of all the GZs and the accountants LM and AS, who managed the companies’ accounts, came into the focus of Panevėžys forensic investigation in 2016 -2018, economic and financial activities.
During the investigation, it was established that a businessman from Panevėžys established several companies providing taxi services with very similar names. The telephone number of one of these companies to call a taxi was published in public, one, and the taxi dispatchers employed by one of the companies served the five legal entities.
It is suspected that the establishment of several companies had one purpose: to show a lower-than-actual turnover in accounting, so that the companies did not become VAT payers. The income received by the aforementioned taxi companies was possibly distributed in such a way that they did not exceed 45 thousand. per year, since VAT would already be paid on this amount.
Based on the pre-trial investigation, drivers may have been required not to issue receipts after withdrawing cash from customers, and reporting to the GZ manager indicates the name of the company and the amount for which they must produce fictitious receipts. In this way, not all the income generated by taxi drivers, the fee for the rental of radio stations and other income was recorded in the companies’ accounts.
During the search of GZ’s house, more than 40 thousand were found. 15 pieces of Makarov 9mm ammunition are considered cash and illegally.
Such a criminal scheme is believed to have led to the falsification of official company accounts and the payment of very low fees.
The investigation also revealed that part of the salary was paid to the employees unaccounted for in their companies’ accounts (ie in “envelopes”), therefore not all mandatory taxes were paid to the Panevėžys branch of the Board of the State Social Security Fund. Sodra filed LTL 36,000 in unpaid taxes in this case. 607 euros in a civil action.
GZ and both accountants are charged with fraudulent accounting and misrepresentation of income, earnings, or assets while operating in a group of associates. They do not admit their guilt. During the search of GZ’s house, not only were more than 40 thousand found and seized. 15.9 pieces of 9mm Makarov ammunition are also considered illegal. Therefore, the residents of Panevėžys were also charged with illegal possession of ammunition.
The pre-trial investigation in this large-scale criminal case (consisting of Volume 21) was conducted by officials from the Economic Crimes Investigation Board of the Panevėžys County Police Chief Commissariat (AVPK) and was led by the Prosecutor of the Second Prosecution Division of the Panevėžys Regional Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the prosecutor leading the pre-trial investigation, K. Greiciūnas, a total of 12 crimes were suspected in this criminal case: negligent accounting, fraudulent accounting, incorrect presentation of income and earnings data, non-payment of taxes and non-payment of taxes . ammunition disposal.
According to the prosecutor, the data collected during the investigation suggests that 229 thousand. 371 euros in taxes.
To strengthen the civil lawsuits filed in the case, the suspects’ property rights were temporarily restricted to property that belonged to them, whose value exceeded 200 thousand. euros.
The Penal Code for accounting negligence provides for public works or a fine, restriction of freedom, arrest or imprisonment of up to 2 years; for fraudulent accounting – a fine or arrest, or imprisonment for up to 4 years; for illegal possession of ammunition: arrest or imprisonment of up to 5 years; for the presentation of incorrect data on income, earnings or assets greater than 750 MSL – deprivation of the boat for up to 8 years.
The case was transferred to the Panevėžys Regional Court.
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