- Four suspects convicted of €58 million VAT fraud involving office supplies
- Investigation led by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Venice
- Scheme involved selling toner cartridges and office supplies at cheap prices by evading VAT
- Two entrepreneurs from Padua sentenced to six years and two months in prison
- Verdicts result of an abbreviated procedure in Italy’s Code of Criminal Procedure
- Investigation uncovered a complex fraud scheme involving over 100 suspects and companies in multiple EU countries
- Italian Financial Police seized cash, real estate, and luxury assets from companies and suspects
- EPPO led investigation since October 2021, involving multiple countries
- EPPO responsible for investigating and prosecuting crimes against the financial interests of the EU
Source: eppo.europa.eu
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