EPPO Indicts Two Polish Nationals in €100m Electronics VAT Fraud Scheme

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Katowice has charged two Polish nationals over their alleged roles in a cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering scheme built around the trade in electronic devices. Invoices used by the accused in Poland are said to exceed €100 million.

Prosecutors estimate the wider scheme cost around €47 million in unpaid VAT in Belgium and €22 million in the Netherlands. The indictment is the first to come out of a broader EPPO investigation into a trading network operating across Austria, Belgium, Germany, Latvia, the Netherlands and Poland.

Eight people were arrested in Belgium, the Netherlands and Poland during an EPPO action in October 2025, and a further suspect was arrested in Czechia and surrendered to Poland in March 2026. The two defendants face prison terms of between seven and a half and 25 years if convicted. All suspects are presumed innocent until proven guilty.

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