The tax fraud branch is now moving into prosecution. A criminal investigation into suspected money laundering is still under investigation.
In Russian ownership The tax fraud investigation related to the existing Airiston Helmi company has been completed and is now being investigated.
According to the Central Criminal Police, twelve people are suspected of the crimes. The company is suspected of using undeclared labor and thus avoiding taxes and earnings-related pension insurance premiums totaling approximately EUR 2.85 million.
Police have investigated the matter as aggravated tax fraud, aggravated occupational pension insurance premium fraud and aggravated accounting offense.
During the investigation, assets worth approximately EUR 1.8 million have been seized.
Chief Investigator, Criminal Commissioner Mikko Laaksonen the Central Criminal Police describes the investigation as exceptionally long and extensive. The preliminary investigation report is more than 20,000 pages long.
“The duration of the investigation has been affected by large-scale data seizures and requests for legal and administrative assistance in more than 20 countries. Extensive co-operation has been established with domestic and international authorities during the preliminary investigation, ”Laaksonen states in a press release from the Central Criminal Police.
At the same time there is also a preliminary investigation into suspected money laundering. It has seized 3.5 million euros in cash.
The investigation is ongoing because all requests for legal aid have not yet been answered abroad. According to police, they play a key role in the investigation.
The preliminary investigation came to the attention of the public when the police, together with other authorities, conducted a high-profile search in the Turku archipelago and on the mainland in September 2018.
Police arrested a man with a Russian background on suspicion of aggravated tax fraud and aggravated money laundering. He was released about six months later, in February 2019.
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