Tax fraud group caught, PLN 700 mln in losses

A group of tax evaders was taken into custody thanks to joint efforts of Polish and Slovak police and tax inspectors, Puls Biznesu daily reported citing Poland's Ministry of Finance. The group has been operating in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia since 2009. They managed to issue around 6,500 fake invoices and defrauded PLN 700 million by establishing fake companies. All the entities were inspected by local tax offices in Kielce, Kraków, Katowice, Lublin, Gdańsk and Opole.