Police and tax officials dismantled a network of IT professionals and traders who had developed and used software to subtract the amount received in cash to tax, said Tuesday Ministry of Economy and Finance.
The software nickname immediately gives an idea of its use: the software “zapper”. It allows traders who use to zap precisely their cash receipts from their accounts. By this turn of computer legerdemain, they can make them disappear, as if they had never seen the color of the cash. In doing so, they offer a tax exemption home, since they do not report the amounts so hidden. And finish, so they do not pay tax on it.
110 investigators
It took 110 police and agents of the General Directorate of Public Finance In other words, the tax authorities to track down the fraudsters. Since computer scientists who designed the program to merchants who used it, via intermediaries who distributed it. Searches were conducted from one end to the other of the chain. Zappers software were seized and in most cases, the fraud was easily discovered. The operation was made public Tuesday by Michel Sapin, Minister of Finance and Public Accounts, and Christian Eckert, Secretary of State for the Budget.
Up to five years in prison
First, designers and distributors face a fine of 15% on their sales; traders users of tax reminders, accompanied by an increase of 80% of the amount due. After that, all will face prosecution, including tax fraud. They risk the key five years imprisonment and hundreds of thousands of fine.
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