Prosecutor orders assets seized from 17 people in tax evasion probe

According to the framework set by the government on combating tax evasion

The assets of 17 individual taxpayers will be seized after an order issued by a relevant financial crimes prosecutor in the wake fo cross-checking conducted by the tax bureau on people with large deposits.

 

The checks concern a total of 49 people and are based on bank transactions performed between 2000-2012.

 

According to the a relevant tax bureau general secretary, Katerina Savvaidou, the results were conducted within the framework of an overall goal to combati tax evasion.