The Independent Public Revenue Authority has caught 27 companies involved in cases, as well as schemes, of issuing and receiving fictitious invoices.

These are businesses that issue documents with fictitious transactions, which are part of the fraud chain.

The recipient businesses thus present inflated costs, thus limiting their profitability and avoiding paying income tax and VAT.

The 27 cases relate to a net value of tax documents issued and/or received of more than €218 million, while the proportionate VAT exceeds €48 million.

In detail:

1. A private company based in the Regional Unit of Corinthia and the object of activity of excavation and earth moving operations, from 2018 to 2020, issued 1,390 fictitious invoices, with a net value of 5.9 million euros, plus VAT 1.4 million euros.

2. A sole proprietorship based in the Regional Unit of Achaia and operating in the wholesale trade of kitchen furniture, in 2018, issued 370 fictitious invoices, with a net value of 4.6 million euros, plus VAT of 1.1 million euros.

3. A one-person company based in Patras and operating in the wholesale trade of oils, from 2018 to 2020, issued 850 fictitious invoices, with a net value of EUR 3.4 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.6 million.

4. A one-person company based in the Regional Unit of Achaia, whose activity is the trade of olive oil, in the years 2020-2022-2023, issued 54 fictitious invoices, with a net value of 2.6 million euros, plus VAT of 0.3 million euros.

5. A sole proprietorship based in Patras, whose activity is the wholesale trade of sugar, in 2020, issued 70 fictitious tax invoices, with a net value of EUR 2.2 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.53 million.

6. A sole proprietorship based in Patras and the object of its activity being consultancy services in sales promotion, in 2021, issued 47 fictitious invoices, with a net value of EUR 1.7 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.42 million.

7. A Limited Liability Company based in the Northern Sector of Athens, with the scope of activity of remediation activities and other services for waste management, in 2017 and 2018, received 19 fictitious tax invoices, with a net value of EUR 1 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.25 million.

8. A limited liability company based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the wholesale trade of electronic and telecommunications equipment, in the years 2012-2015, received 64 and issued 217 fictitious tax documents, with a total net value of EUR 52 million, plus VAT of EUR 12 million.

9. A one-person LLC, based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the field of advertising services, in 2021 and 2022 issued 1,922 fictitious tax invoices, with a net value of 44 million euros, plus VAT of 10.3 million euros.

10. A one-person sole proprietorship, based in the Northern Sector of Athens and operating in the retail trade of IT equipment, from 2019 to 2021, received 42 and issued 3 fictitious tax invoices, with a total net value of 10 million euros, plus VAT 2.4 million.

11. A one-person IKE, based in East Attica and operating in the wholesale trade of computers and IT equipment, in the years 2019 and 2020, received 404 and issued 526 fictitious tax invoices, with a total net value of 9 million euros, plus VAT of 2.15 million euros.

12. A sole proprietorship, based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the field of construction works, in the years 2019 and 2020, issued 985 fictitious tax invoices, with a net value of EUR 8.4 million, plus VAT of EUR 2.1 million.

13. A sole proprietorship, based in the Northern Sector of Athens, with the activity of trading in computers and IT equipment, in 2018, received 33 and issued 6 fictitious tax documents, with a total net value of 6.4 million euros, plus VAT 770,000 euros.

14. A sole proprietorship, based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the agricultural sector, from 2017 to 2020, received 63 and issued 148 fictitious tax invoices, with a total net value of EUR 4.85 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.98 million.

15. A general partnership, based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the retail trade of medical and orthopedic goods, in 2019 and 2020, received 42 and issued 65 fictitious tax invoices, with a total net value of EUR 2.9 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.7 million.

16. A sole proprietorship, based in the Northern Sector of Athens and operating in the wholesale trade of stationery, in the years 2015 – 2017 received 1,602 fictitious tax documents, with a net value of EUR 2.4 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.6 million.

17. A sole proprietorship, based in the Southern Sector of Athens and operating in the wholesale trade of electrical machinery and appliances, in 2020, received 15 fictitious tax invoices, with a net value of EUR 2.14 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.5 million.

18. A one-person IKE, based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the wholesale trade of machinery and equipment, in 2019 and 2020, issued 290 fictitious invoices, with a net value of 1.43 million euros, plus VAT 0.35 million.

19. A private capital company, based in East Attica and operating in the field of sales consultancy services, in 2017, received 1 and issued 4 fictitious tax invoices, with a total net value of EUR 1.15 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.26 million.

20. Private Capital Company, based in Piraeus and operating in the wholesale trade of clothing and footwear, in 2020, issued 278 fictitious tax documents, with a net value of EUR 2.13 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.5 million.

21. One-person IKE, based in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and active in the wholesale trade of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations, in 2018 and 2019, received 11 and issued 40 fictitious tax documents, with a net value of 4.8 million euros, plus VAT of 0.6 million euros.

22. A one-person IKE, based in the Regional Unit of Karditsa and operating in the wholesale trade of motor vehicles, in the years 2018-2020, issued 495 fictitious invoices, with a net value of 10 million euros, plus VAT of 2.3 million.

23. A sole trader IKE, based in the Central Sector of Athens and operating in the wholesale trade of electrical household appliances, in the years 2018-2021, received 80 and issued 66 fictitious invoices, with a net value of EUR 6.4 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.7 million.

24. A limited partnership, based in the Northern Sector of Athens and operating in the field of data processing, in the years 2019-2021, received 45 and issued 115 fictitious invoices, with a net value of EUR 24.5 million, plus VAT of EUR 5.9 million.

25. A one-person IKE, based in the Regional Unit of Thessaloniki and operating in the wholesale trade of computer equipment, in the years 2020 and 2021, issued 20 fictitious tax invoices with a net value of EUR 2.9 million, plus VAT of EUR 0.7 million.

26. A hidden manager in an IKE with the activity of wholesale trade of timber and building materials in the Regional Unit of Heraklion, from 2018 to 2020, issued 62 fictitious tax documents, with a net value of 1.5 million euros, plus VAT of 0.23 million euros.

27. One-person IKE, pizzeria, in the Regional Unit of Heraklion, from 2016 to 2022, issued 112 fictitious tax documents, with a net value of 1.5 million euros, plus VAT of 0.4 million euros.