Director of Hanwo 2 Company detained for tax evasion causing damage of more than 10 billion VND

The Investigation Police Agency of Hai Duong Province Police has issued a decision to prosecute a tax evasion case that occurred at the Hai Duong Provincial Tax Department, and at the same time issued decisions to prosecute the accused and execute an order to temporarily detain Vu Hong Giang, Director of Hanwo 2 Company Limited, address at No. 16, Lane 57 Tam Giang, Tran Hung Dao Ward, Hai Duong City to investigate the crime of tax evasion (according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 200 of the Penal Code) on January 8.

During the investigation, the Economic Police Department of the Provincial Police determined that: During the business operations of Hanwo 2 Company Limited, consecutively in 2019 and 2020, Vu Hong Giang, as the legal representative and Director of the company, used 80 invoices (without accompanying goods and services) with a total amount of more than 111 billion VND (value added tax of more than 11 billion VND) of an enterprise in Tu Son City (Bac Ninh) to account for input goods. After that, the subject continued to declare and request the Hai Duong Provincial Tax Department to refund the value added tax on these invoices, causing a loss of more than 10 billion VND to the Hai Duong Provincial Tax Department.

The case is being further investigated and expanded by the Economic Police Department of Hai Duong Provincial Police.