Officials from the General Directorate for Combating Fraud of the State Tax Service, in collaboration with PCCOCS, announced the uncovering of a tax evasion scheme involving 3.4 million lei in connection with scrap metal collection in Chisinau.
The Prosecutor’s Office launched a criminal investigation in 2025 to probe the scheme, which operated from 2022 to 2025.
Currently, three executives are under investigation and are accused of tax evasion. To reduce their reported income from the purchase and sale of scrap metal, they transferred large sums of money from their accounts under the false pretense of loans to relatives.
Based on the case opened by PCCOCS prosecutors, law enforcement officials conducted searches at all three companies. They seized accounting documents, drafts, work computers, cell phones, bank cards, an external hard drive containing information and data on income received and actual salary payments, as well as 220,000 lei of unknown origin.
The investigation is ongoing to identify all individuals involved in this crime.
