The State Tax Service reports that law enforcement agencies uncovered a scheme of tax evasion and money laundering. The damage to the state budget from the actions of the company providing services for the processing of documents for obtaining Moldovan and Romanian citizenship is estimated at more than 6 million lei.
The taxpayer’s office was searched 12 times. The investigation revealed that after obtaining Moldovan citizenship, the relevant documents were submitted to the National Authority for Citizenship of Romania in order for the person to obtain Romanian citizenship.
For their services, the supplying companies received payment both in national and foreign currencies, as well as in electronic money, without recognizing the income received in the accounting records and paying the relevant taxes.
The law enforcement authorities are investigating the company itself as a legal entity and its two managers. As a result of searches, cell phones, computers, accounting documents, software, draft records, money in national and foreign currency, powers of attorney and other documents with signs of forgery, registered to foreign citizens, mainly citizens of the Russian Federation, were seized.
