Raids were made at a number of companies suspected of involvement in tax evasion in the amount of about 800 million lei in 2019-2021. The given companies unjustifiably benefitted from significant exemptions from taxes when using non-denatured ethanol, IPN reports.

According to the General Police Inspectorate, the searched companies applied for and were granted such an exemption after they erroneously declared that they used the non-denatured ethanol to make perfumes and cosmetic products. In reality, they used the product to make anti-COVID-19 disinfectant in enormous quantities, measured in decaliters.

As a result of searches, sets of documents and memory sticks were seized for being examined. The investigations go on.

The searches were conducted by officers of the Complex Investigations Division of the National Investigation Inspectorate and prosecutors of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases.