The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Munich (Germany) has secured the first convictions in the EPPO investigation cluster Midas, a large-scale VAT fraud case spanning 17 countries and involving an estimated damage of €195 million.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Iași (Romania) conducted four searches on Thursday in the Galați county, in an investigation into a €850 000 fraud involving a project for modernising irrigation systems, funded by the EU.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Sofia (Bulgaria) filed an indictment today against an entrepreneur, accused of using false documentation to illegally obtain €54 000 (BGN 106 047.49) in EU and national funds. The funds were aimed at purchasing heating systems. 

Two suspects were arrested yesterday, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Turin, for their alleged involvement in a VAT carrousel scheme involving the sales of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services. An order to freeze assets for the amount of €64.04 million was executed.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Timișoara (Romania) has indicted nine individuals and two companies for subsidy fraud, forgery and bribery, involving three projects regarding the development of fruit harvesting and processing, with a value of over €1.4 million. A tenth individual confessed and signed a plea bargain. 

The Paris Judicial Court approved this week a sentence proposed by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris (France) as part of a plea bargain. The director of an association in the Alsace region destined to promote cultural activities was convicted of misappropriating funds for his own personal benefit.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Vilnius (Lithuania), in close cooperation with Lithuania’s Financial Crime Investigation Service (Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba – FNTT), has expanded its investigation into misappropriation of funds from the BaltCap Infrastructure Fund.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy) is leading an investigation –code-named ‘Dragone’- into a large-scale customs and VAT fraud scheme involving the import of goods from China into the EU.  

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Cologne (Germany) has filed another indictment against one defendant with the Regional Court in Düsseldorf.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Athens (Greece) has filed indictments in the Court of First Instance of Athens against a total of 100 suspects of fraud involving agricultural funds, for an overall damage of €2.9 million to the EU budget.