Prosecutor begins to close the file on a long running VAT fraud case

Artur K., owner of Arti company, and Przemyslaw K., the director of the Note company from Czestochowa are the two chief suspects in the so-called Silesian fuel affair. The Prosecutor accused them for obtaining a zl. 115 million VAT return under false pretenses. They both face a penalty of 15 years in prison. The mechanism of the crime was quite simple but it took many years to prove it. Almost 50 companies across the country were engaged in the proceedings. Fuel was fictionally sold from one company to another and the VAT return from State Treasury was higher each time. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A3) P.W.