A company from Lanzarote involved in an operation against tax fraud of almost three million euros

The Civil Guard has arrested the labor manager of the company and new arrests are not ruled out

December 19 2020 (13:06 WET)
A Lanzarote company involved in an operation against tax fraud
A Lanzarote company involved in an operation against tax fraud

The Office of Fiscal Analysis and Investigation (ODAIFI) of the Fiscal Detachment of the Civil Guard in the Puerto de la Luz and Las Palmas, in Gran Canaria, has recently completed Operation Nadoye, carried out jointly with the Canary Tax Agency (ATC) and where a fraud in the import and distribution of hydrocarbons has been uncovered, and arresting a labor manager of the company as the alleged perpetrator of crimes of fraud against the public treasury, misappropriation and unfair competition.

According to reports, the Civil Guard carries out controls on the import and distribution of hydrocarbons within the framework of its police functions, with the collaboration of the Canary Tax Agency (ATC).

In one of these inspections carried out in August of last year, a Civil Guard agent detected the departure from the aforementioned port area of a tank truck with the orange ADR identification panels - which identifies the type and potential danger of the transported merchandise - , whose driver announced that it was loaded with diesel.

However, when the DUA (Single Administrative Document) necessary for the import was requested, it was observed that it declared Fuel-oil, which contradicted his first declaration and implied a contradiction with what was transported.

Investigation in Lanzarote

The investigation focused on the company related to said truck, based on the island of Lanzarote, which is dedicated to the import and distribution of hydrocarbons in the islands.

In this way, the ODAIFI analyzed all the fiscal documentation of that company since the beginning of its activity in July 2016, gathering reasonable indications to verify that, continuously, it allegedly bought petroleum products - mostly diesel - in Portugal and then imported them to the Canary Islands, declaring in said import “Fuel-oil”, which has a tax value four times lower than that of diesel, approximately 0.56 cents per metric ton, when diesel must be taxed at 222 cents per thousand liters.

Once all the documentation of the 4 years of activity was collected and analyzed and a fraud of almost three million euros was accredited, the Civil Guard investigated the person in charge of the company in question for the aforementioned crimes, being available together with the police proceedings of the Investigating Court No. 4 of Arrecife.

The investigation remains open and new arrests are not ruled out

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