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Bundespolizei Arrests CEO at Frankfurt Airport Over €100,000 Mask Tax Fraud

He faces seven counts of evading taxes after allegedly falsifying import invoices for protective masks during the pandemic.

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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.