The Economic and Financial Crime Unit (SDOE) has published a list of tax evasion violations that were revealed in July, after SDOE officers conducted detailed inspections and audits.

  • Ten businesses received traded in falsified tax records for transactions that never took place, worth 3,109,600 euros, in order to avoid paying VAT and to reduce their taxable profits.
  • Four businesses issued false invoices worth 31,636,146 euros.
  • A footwear and faux bijoux retailer did not issue invoices for income worth 819,634 euros.
  • One doctor did not issue any receipts for services worth 1,051,167 euros between 2005 and 2013.
  • Two lawyers did not issue any receipts for services worth 289,000 and 234,370 euros respectively, between 2007 and 2012.

Eight taxpayers saw their assets increase significantly, without however having the necessary declared incomes or providing any details to justify this increase. These include:

  • A lawyer in Athens with 3,642,489 euros
  • An unemployed taxpayer from Kalabaka, Trikala, with 1,346,501 euros
  • A farming unionist with 714,642 euros
  • A man from Aegaleo with 343,184 euros
  • A doctor based in Piraeus with 343,237 euros
  • A psychiatrist with 246,513 euros
  • A man from Marousi with 118,869 euros
  • A rheumatologist in Athens with 570,918 euros