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Elanas Jablonskas, the Kaunas County Police Chief, and Laimonas Petreikis, a prosecutor with the 2nd Prosecution Division of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office, who organized the investigation, spoke more about this investigation at a press conference on Wednesday.
“We want to report a blow to the shadow economy. The investigation targeted certain individuals who provided support over a period of time, used that support, and the fraudulent accountants collected money and shared that support money. The business supported, received a separate portion of cash, and the association president separately collected that money and withheld a percentage and distributed the other money.A shadow economy scheme was created.
A large-scale operation involving about 130 officers has been underway since Monday morning. The operation was carried out in five Lithuanian counties. He participated in the criminal police office, the State Tax Inspectorate. More than 40 searches were carried out, two people were detained and their arrest was brought to court. A person has already been arrested, ”said E. Jablonskas.
According to L. Petreikis, the detention was imposed for one month. For the next detainee, the court will issue a preventive detention order today. An arrest is also sought against him. The prosecution requested the arrest of both people for three months.
The head of an association and the head of another company are reportedly detained. Currently it is suspected that there are a total of two individuals and a legal entity.
E.Jablonskas revealed that the association is related to sports activities. As active litigation is still ongoing, the names of the companies are not disclosed by the police.
Said catering establishment operated in the shadow scheme as a donor. According to E. Jablonskas, it is quite popular in Lithuania. This agency provided support to the association, which collected the money and shared it with the donor. Such a popular Lithuanian catering establishment was illegally collecting money.
The study provided data that wages were paid in envelopes at catering establishments. The alleged catering company operated in the main Lithuanian cities. Police do not disclose which city he is based in.
One of the entrepreneurs found 800,000 in cash during the search. Euros In total, around a million euros fell into the hands of law enforcement. Luxury watches are also found and taken.
“People lived a good life,” said E. Jablonskas of the arrested suspects.
About 200 thousand are suspected. Euro taxes This amount is expected to increase in the future. The illegal activity lasted a long time, as far as the police do not detail.
Currently, allegations of fraudulent accounting and providing false information to the tax administrator have been made to avoid paying taxes. More people are likely to get suspicious or the suspicion list will expand.
The illegal activities were covered by the civil relations between the companies. Alleged contracts concluded. The money paid during the contract years was collected and transferred to donors.
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