A criminal proceeding has been initiated at the State Revenue Service Tax and Customs Police Department regarding the payment of “envelope” wages in a company engaged in the installation, maintenance, and repair of ventilation and air conditioning equipment.
During carefully planned operational activities, the payment of “envelope” wages was stopped at the very moment the payments were being made. The total amount of unpaid personal income tax and mandatory state social insurance contributions will be further specified and determined during the investigation. However, already during the pre-trial investigation it has been established that, from January 2023 to August 2025, the company did not fully record in its accounting the wages paid to approximately 40 employees and did not pay taxes on the unreported amounts.
Within the framework of the initiated criminal proceedings, the SRS Tax and Customs Police Department carried out six searches in August 2025, including on the premises of the company involved in the criminal proceedings, in vehicles, and at residences. During the searches, cash in the amount of EUR 41,870.00 was found and seized, which was possibly intended for the next round of “envelope” wage payments. Part of the cash had been arranged in “bundles” of 500-euro notes, and these bundles were marked with the names and surnames of the company’s employees. Other items of significance to the criminal proceedings were also seized during the searches and will be analysed in the further course of the pre-trial investigation.
The criminal proceedings were initiated on the basis of indications of a criminal offence provided for in Section 217.1 of the Criminal Law. The penalty for committing such a criminal offence is imprisonment for a term of up to two years, or short-term detention, or community service, or a fine, and deprivation of the right to engage in certain or all types of commercial activity, or to pursue a certain occupation, or to hold a certain position for a period of up to three years.
In the criminal proceedings, three persons have the right to defence.
In the interests of the investigation, no further information is being provided at this time.
According to Section 19 of the Criminal Procedure Law, no person shall be considered guilty until their guilt in committing a criminal offence has been established in the procedure laid down in the Criminal Procedure Law.
In total, during the first eight months of this year, 46 criminal proceedings have been initiated and eight criminal proceedings have been forwarded for the commencement of criminal prosecution in connection with violations in the field of labour tax.
Originally published at https://inc-baltics.com/vid-pie-rokas-pieker-aploksnu-algu-maksataju/
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