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According to the data from the pre-trial investigation, the managers of the company located in Marijampolė, possibly in order to reduce sales revenue and pay less tax to the state than they should, may have sold their products without any accounting documents.
Shadow trading is suspected to have taken place for more than two years and the products were sold in the Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda regions. Authorities estimate that more than 37,000 could have been unpaid for unaccounted for meat products sold. taxes in euros.
In order to collect relevant data for the investigation, FNTT officials carried out 19 searches in Marijampolė and Kaunas of persons responsible for the company’s activities, possible accomplices in residences, cars and companies. During the search, various documents, notes, computers, computer media (USB), as well as almost 13 thousand were found and taken. Euros in cash possibly derived from criminal activities.
The searches were carried out in cooperation with employees of the Kaunas and Marijampolė departments of the State Food and Veterinary Service and specialists from the Kaunas County State Tax Inspectorate, who verified compliance with the established requirements and recorded the infractions.
The accusations were made against 6 people involved in the activities of the company, including the shareholder of the company, who is suspected of being one of the organizers of a criminal plan and well known to law enforcement agencies in foreign countries.
After the searches, three people were arrested, spent the night in custody.
The pre-trial investigation is led by the Prosecutor of the 3rd Prosecution Division of the Kaunas Regional Prosecutor’s Office. The pre-trial investigation is ongoing.
Tax evasion by public authorities by providing incorrect income data when the tax amount exceeds 750 MSL is punishable by the most severe prison sentence of up to eight years. The most severe penalty for fraudulent accounting is imprisonment for up to four years.
