Lawyers and accountants directed to the operation of the PJ against fraud in European funds



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This Thursday, the Judicial Police has about 200 inspectors on the ground, conducting about 70 searches of eChaves, Vila Real, Barcelos, Braga, Vila Nova de Famalicão, Maia, Fafe, Porto and Figueira da Foz, in an operation that investigates a possible fraud in obtaining European funds, amounting to three million euros.

In question, there will be a scheme to inflate invoices, to obtain funds from the National Strategic Reference Framework improperly. In total there are 21 incentive projects from QREN, but also from MODCOM (Trade Modernization) under suspicion.

“Seventy raids were carried out, both domiciliary and non-domiciliary, in companies, accounting firms and law firms, with the participation of 200 elements of the Judicial Police, including computer and financial specialists, as well as judicial prosecutors, prosecutors and tax inspectors., With this operation it was possible to proceed to the apprehension of relevant evidence, ”said PJ do Porto in a statement.

31 individual defendants and 20 legal persons were constituted.



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