In Tyrol, the police, in collaboration with finance, health insurance and the labor market, were able to uncover a large-scale fraud. A personnel leasing company based in the Innsbruck region is said to have supplied personnel on a large scale to several general contractors in the Tyrolean construction industry without paying the taxes due. There were searches and three arrests. The damage would amount to several hundred thousand euros.
Investigations into suspected serious commercial fraud have been ongoing since October. According to anonymous reports, “a personnel leasing company in the Innsbruck region has been supplying personnel on a large scale to several well-known general contractors in the Tyrolean construction sector since January 2021, without the health insurance premiums owed in Austria. holiday and redundancy fund for construction workers and the tax authorities,” the police reported on Wednesday.
30,500 hours of work
Gradually, the enormous size came to light. The researchers found that the company had apparently not properly billed or billed for more than 30,500 hours since the previous year. However, in order to pay the employees’ numerous overtime hours, it is suspected, among other things, that the company manipulatively issued increased ‘coverage bills’ to its foreign subcontractors and cashed in so-called ‘kickbacks’ and illegally, the researchers continue. .
In addition, the two suspects known to authorities are said to have used a straw woman as a commercial director to maintain the appearance of a “clean” company. In addition, the suspects were suspected of infidelity, benefit fraud and fraudulent withholding of social security contributions and benefits.
arrests and searches
As early as mid-April, three suspects were arrested by order of the Innsbruck prosecutor’s office “in a targeted joint action with about 30 agents of the Tyrolean State Investigation Service”. Kufstein areas, where assets of more than 600,000 euros were seized.
In April, pre-trial detention was imposed on the two main suspects. A suspected associate was released due to his extensive information and was released from the Innsbruck Police Detention Center.
According to the Innsbruck prosecutor’s office, the total damage is at least 275,000 euros. However, further research into this is still ongoing.
Source: Krone
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