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The preliminary investigation was conducted by the Vilnius Regional Board of the Financial Crimes Investigation Service and led by the Vilnius Regional Prosecutor’s Office. The investigation revealed two crimes allegedly committed by the same accomplices, according to a press release from the FNTT.
According to the data of the preliminary investigation, in both crimes committed in 2016. At the end of the year, the associates operated under a similar scheme: in order to avoid taxes to be paid to the State, fictitious transactions of purchase and sale of real estate were carried out, claims sale agreements, forgery of documents between companies, and subsequently the companies were deliberately liquidated.
FNTT officials found that in September-October 2016, the real estate company sold all the properties owned by the company: residential and non-residential premises and land for almost 6.6 million. euros.
However, the director of a real estate agency did not want to pay VAT to the state and, together with his accomplices, came up with a confusing scheme.
The accomplices agreed that to avoid more than 1 million. IVA, will organize the liquidation of the real estate company, which will be carried out by the bankruptcy administrator.
A total of 7 people were charged. During the pre-trial investigation, property rights were temporarily restricted to assets worth 1.43 million. euros.
After the prosecutor of the 3rd Prosecution Division of the Vilnius Regional Prosecution Office drew up a formal indictment, the case was transferred to court.
The most severe punishment for high-value foreign assets acquired through fraud is imprisonment for up to eight years. Document falsification, when it causes significant damage, is punishable by a maximum prison sentence of up to six years, and negligent accounting carries a maximum prison sentence of up to two years. The mistreatment of a public official or a person equivalent to him will be punished with a maximum prison sentence of up to five years.
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