According to the State Tax Service, the damage from the scam amounted to more than 164 million lei. The scheme created by the administrator and accountant of the call center was found illegal by PCCOCS prosecutors. It was based on the fact that the suspects improperly applied a favorable tax regime for several years (2019-2023). Initially, it was stated that the specialists of the center would provide services in the area where the simplified tax regime is applied by law. De facto, such services were not provided.
Besides the fact that the company did not pay more than 164 million lei to the state budget, the offenders tried to hide part of this money by investing it in the business of granting loans. Since they illegally invested more than 31 million lei in a non-banking credit organization, they are now suspected by the PCCOCS prosecutor’s office of also committing a money laundering crime.
The company’s office and the suspects’ homes were searched and accounting documents, computer equipment, as well as financial assets totaling 987,000 lei, 92,225 euros and more than $31,500, allegedly obtained through tax evasion, were seized. At the moment, the criminal investigation is ongoing.
