Large-scale searches in whole country. Many agricultural entrepreneurs suspected of tax evasion
General Prosecutor's Office for Fighting against Organized Criminality and Special Causes in common with the National Investigation Inspectorate of MAI will organize 28 searches within a penal case on tax evasion of enterprises, committed by a very large organized criminal group, as well as on the abuse of service.
According to the information of the penal searches, a criminal organized group formed of Moldovan and foreign entrepreneurs controlled over eight economic agents from Chisinau whose activity is based on import and buying agricultural products(vegetables, fruits, greens and so on) gained a undeclared income and didn't pay the taxes, which damaged the national budget.
The activity of the criminal group according to the schemes of fiscal evasion were searched by PCCOCS, through penal searches and investigations, during a whole year.
At the same time, the suspected persons were detained and risk up to six yeas of losing their right to fulfill certain functions or from 2 to 5 years to make a certain activity. The judicial persons should pay a fine between 4 000 and 7 000 conventional units.
For the abuse of service is punished with 2-6 years in prison, in both cases with the deprivation of the right to occupy certain positions or to exercise a certain activity for a period of 5 to 10 years.