Taxpayers from Uberaba and Uberlândia are listed in investigation into tax fraud worth R$185 million

According to information from the Federal Police, the investigation originated from the identification of fraud in hundreds of Compensation Declarations (DComp), in which non-existent social security credits were reported to promote the undue extinguishment of tax debts of several companies.

According to the investigation, tax fraud generated more than R$185 million for at least 48 taxpayers in 32 cities in 10 states.

The report presented by the Federal Revenue Service points to three taxpayers in Minas Gerais benefiting from the scheme with undue compensation that exceeded R$15 million, with more than R$2 million linked to people from Uberlândia and Uberaba.

Of the total, a taxpayer in Uberlândia would have totaled R$ 2,190,818.20 in undue compensations in the scheme, while another in Uberaba would have R$ 210,014, 13 in irregular compensations resulting from tax fraud. The third case in Minas refers to the municipality of Várzea de Palma, located in the North of Minas.

The scheme operated through a financial consultancy company in Ponta Grossa, a city in Campos Gerais do Paraná. This consultancy defrauded tax credits so that companies could reduce or eliminate debts with the Federal Revenue.

According to the investigation teams, criminals offered clients the promise of eliminating tax liabilities (tax debts) through tax compensation — when the taxpayer points out that he has credits with the IRS and uses these credits to reduce the value of tax debts. However, the consultancy investigated "fabricated" credits that did not exist.

After using the credits to eliminate tax debts, companies were able to obtain a negative debt certificate, which is a condition for participating in bidding processes. There are cases of companies involved in fraud that won bids.

Companies from different sectors sought consultancy services. The investigation is now trying to clarify whether they all knew about the irregularities.

Last Thursday (12), the operation carried out 19 search and seizure warrants and asset seizure measures in the cities of Ponta Grossa (PR), Paranaguá (PR), Curitiba (PR), Porto Belo (SC), Itapema (SC), Manaus (AM), Ji-Paraná (RO) and Boa Vista (RR).