Thursday, August 13, 2015

German Bank: employees accused of VAT fraud – SPIEGEL ONLINE

The allegation is serious on tax evasion: The Attorney General’s Office has brought charges against eight Frankfurt Deutsche Bank employees. In a notification, the Prosecution speaks indeed only of “a large bank”, Der Spiegel, however, had already three weeks ago reported on the planned lawsuit against Deutsche Bank employees. (Click here to read the full story in the mirror.)

The prosecutors take the 33 to 64-year-old bank employee in front, “in the period September 2009 to February 2010 labor as members of a gang in a VAT carousel in connection with the having involved trading of CO 2 emission allowances “. Seven of the accused were still employed by the bank, was a former employee.

In the so-called VAT carousel emission rights have been moved across national borders in a circle. Prosecutors estimated the amount of the evaded tax by 220 million euros. The accused are alleged to have secured through the shops higher bonuses and commissions.

According to SPIEGEL information is still under investigation more than a dozen other German bank employee. And there were also adjusted investigations against three employees, a judiciary spokesman said on Thursday

In addition, the alleged mastermind behind the VAT carousel before delivery to the German authorities. The Briton Mohammad Safdar Gohir was last spring in Las arrested Vegas after the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office had issued an international arrest warrant. For months he had fought against extradition. Gohirs lawyers appealed against an extradition judgment initially raised an objection, however, taken this back a few weeks ago. Now shares with the Frankfurt prosecutor’s office, the transfer is imminent.

The German bank announced its investigation of CO 2 at -Sachverhalts would last. “We are cooperating with the appropriate authorities.”

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