A group was detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of tax fraud worth 270 million rubles

In St. Petersburg, police detained a lawyer and four of his accomplices on suspicion of tax fraud amounting to 270 million rubles. Lenta.ru was told about this by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city and region.

Four suspects have been arrested. One of them is under recognizance not to leave the place.

The organizer of the scheme was a 36-year-old resident of the Altai Republic. He selected the participants and assigned roles. The 39-year-old St. Petersburg lawyer was responsible for finding clients among businessmen. A 42-year-old city resident helped him, and a 36-year-old man acted as a courier. The group also included a 41-year-old tax officer from the Samara region, who had access to official databases. He also checked companies for possible violations.

According to investigators, the defendants used companies registered under dummies. Having access to documents, electronic signatures and seals, they issued fictitious invoices for supposedly performed services. These documents were transferred to interested companies, which could use them in maintaining accounting and tax records, sending information to the tax authorities.

For their services, the men received from one to four and a half percent of the amount indicated in the fictitious invoices. According to preliminary information, their income was at least 270 million rubles.