Arrested 2 subjects who set up more than 50 "ghost" businesses to illegally buy and sell invoices

On December 22, the Economic Police Department (Da Nang City Police) announced that the unit had initiated a criminal case, prosecuted and temporarily detained two subjects, Bui Thi Thu Nguyet and Nguyen Thi Khanh Van, for the act of illegal trading of invoices according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 203 of the Penal Code.

The decision to prosecute and temporarily detain the defendants was approved by the People's Procuracy of Da Nang City on the afternoon of December 21.

Through searching the suspects' residences, the authorities seized many valuable documents in proving and handling the case.

Previously, the Da Nang City Tax Department and a number of Tax Branches in the city continuously discovered a number of newly established enterprises but used a large number of invoices, the value of invoices issued was very large, and issued in a short period of time.

After that, these businesses dissolved or stopped operating, the Tax Department could not work, and could not determine where the business owners were...

The above activities have greatly affected the health of the city's economy, the operations of the Tax Department and pose a high risk of causing loss of revenue to the city budget, so the Tax Department has transferred the case to the Da Nang City Police for investigation and handling.

After receiving the case, the Director of Da Nang City Police Department directed the Economic Police Department to verify and clarify the case for strict handling according to the provisions of law.

After a period of investigation, the authorities have narrowed down the area to two suspects: Bui Thi Thu Nguyet (born in 1990, residing at 24 Dinh Thi Hoa, An Hai Bac ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang city) and Nguyen Thi Khanh Van (residing at K04/H06/20 Dang Thuy Tram, Hai Chau district, Da Nang city).

The above subjects have signs of establishing and operating "ghost" businesses to sell invoices and make illegal profits.

Through initial investigation, the authorities determined that Nguyet and Van had established and operated more than 50 "ghost" businesses. In a short period of time, these businesses issued hundreds of thousands of fake invoices with a total value of more than VND2,000 billion, thereby illegally profiting tens of billions of VND.

This is a very complicated case, involving many units and businesses in Da Nang City and several localities nationwide. The city police force is continuing to expand the investigation of the case, identifying related individuals and organizations to strictly handle according to the provisions of the law.