Following an investigation by the Federal Public Revenue Administration (AFIP), the courts halted the criminal activity of an organization that issued false invoices for around 5000 billion pesos and arrested its three leaders.
Tax evasion, last year alone, is estimated at 860 million pesos in VAT.
The criminal scheme was first noticed by AFIP officials following publications on various internet portals offering the “sale of tax credits” which were later found to be illegal.
Following the complaint of the case to the economic criminal court, the AFIP and the Federal Crimes Department of the Argentine Federal Police - belonging to the Ministry of Security - detected people and companies used for the sale of false invoices. Many were incorporated as Simplified Joint Stock Companies (SAS), which in this case were used for illegal purposes.
The 37 raids were carried out in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Greater Buenos Aires and Mendoza, in homes linked to the gang and also to taxpayers who used the false receipts to evade taxes.
As a result of the raids, the National Economic Criminal Court arrested three leaders of these four criminal associations.
This investigation is part of the AFIP's growing effort to combat the scourge of counterfeit invoices, one of the main sources of tax evasion in Argentina.
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