Bulgarian Police Bust Tax Fraud Group

Bulgaria's Unit for Combating Organized Crime (GDBOP) has arrested an organized crime group specializing in tax fraud, the Interior Ministry announced Saturday.

The members of the group who allegedly incurred BGN 6 M in losses to the Bulgarian state budget were arrested in Sofia and the northwestern city of Montana.

Five men were arrested in Montana, and one – in Sofia. Three of the detainees have criminal records of fraud, robbery, and document crimes.

The organized crime group in question had created an entire chain of non-existing firms allowing large-scale tax evasion; they used firms registered under the names of poor and illiterate persons.

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