Agricultural business causing 7 million lei loss to state: raids in Chișinău and several districts
A family involved in an agricultural business is under suspicion for tax evasion and money laundering, allegedly causing the state a loss of 7,000,000 lei. Anti-corruption officers, along with tax inspectors, visited the former owners and seized relevant documents and cash as part of the investigation.
In 2023, the suspects established four companies to process and market agricultural products, which they later liquidated after initiating insolvency proceedings.
While the companies were operational, the administrators are accused of concealing their actual income and failing to pay taxes to the state.
According to officers from the Anti-Fraud Directorate of the State Fiscal Service (SFS), "For the services provided and the marketing of agricultural products, the companies issued receipts in both national and foreign currency that were not reflected in the accounting records, and the corresponding taxes were not paid."
On April 7, in cooperation with prosecutors from the Prosecutor's Office for Combating Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), authorities conducted 12 searches in Chișinău and the districts of Ștefan Vodă, Briceni, Hâncești, and Strășeni.
The SFS reports, "Following the searches, we seized monetary assets in both national and foreign currencies, mobile phones, computers, accounting documents, draft documents, vouchers, expense estimates, and more."
Investigations into this case are ongoing to identify any other individuals involved and to recover the damages inflicted on the state.
