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Network of 64 ghost companies harmed the treasury for $ 200 million
Posted On 01 Nov 2017
Ecuadornews:
A network that would have established 64 ghost companies, which issued false invoices to 5,954 customers, leaving a damage to the State of approximately $ 200 million was dismantled early today.
The operation was carried out in the provinces of Guayas and Santa Elena, where 11 buildings were raided and six people arrested as suspects of tax fraud, organized crime, money laundering, among other crimes.
Director of Internal Revenue Service Leonardo Orlando said that for months they worked on the investigations of this case called ‘Cabecilla,’ considered the largest of the operations that have been carried so far against ghost companies. (I)
