Overview
- The 57-year-old suspect was taken into custody last Thursday upon arriving from Hong Kong under an outstanding arrest warrant.
- Authorities accuse the head of several firms of understating invoice values to reduce payable taxes on imported face masks.
- Investigators say the alleged scheme cost the German treasury more than €100,000 in lost revenue.
- Prosecutors have filed charges in seven separate tax evasion cases linked to pandemic-era imports.
- The Bundespolizei confirmed the detention and transferred the suspect to regional tax authorities for further proceedings.