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ANAF identified damages of over 100 million lei in a tax fraud case involving eight companies

Cristina Petrache

12 November 2026, 12:30

Economy

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The General Directorate for Tax Fraud Prevention has identified total damages exceeding 100 million lei in a complex tax fraud case, following the completion of checks at eight companies effectively controlled by the same group of individuals.

According to ANAF, the entities created a fictitious economic circuit by invoicing and re-invoicing services, goods and construction materials that had no counterpart in real transactions. The mechanism allegedly enabled the unjustified receipt of VAT refunds and offsets worth more than 26 million lei.

From a tax perspective, the damages exceed 81 million lei and include VAT, corporate income tax, tax on income from other sources, as well as payroll taxes and contributions withheld at source. Additional damages of more than 19 million lei are linked to acts of embezzlement and money laundering.

The investigation, initially announced by ANAF in March 2026, targeted eight legal entities and 12 individuals. Inspectors also identified the assignment of artificial receivables at undervalued prices for the benefit of individuals. The documentation and evidence were sent to the criminal prosecution authorities for further investigation.

Context: ANAF and DGAF have recently dismantled several tax fraud schemes, including those involving fictitious invoices and false documents

Before this investigation, ANAF inspectors had also identified tax evasion mechanisms based on non-compliant documents. The cases included an investigation in which five companies bringing workers from Asia allegedly artificially reduced their tax liabilities by more than 6.2 million lei by recording services that allegedly had not actually been provided, as well as an investigation in which police officers conducted searches in a tax evasion case involving estimated damages of 4.5 million lei.

DGAF also reported other inspections targeting untaxed production and sales (in Suceava, involving concrete, with estimated damages of 6.44 million lei), unregistered salary payments (in Vâlcea, totaling 4.3 million lei), and a fraud mechanism in intra-community trade involving second-hand cars, where more than 2,000 vehicles introduced onto the market through schemes involving “missing trader” companies, fictitious invoices, and intermediaries were identified.