Male chief accountant illegally bought and sold invoices worth more than 22 billion VND from 5 'ghost' companies
Chief Accountant Nguyen Viet Hai bought 29 VAT invoices from 5 "ghost" businesses with a total value of goods (excluding VAT) of more than 22.4 billion VND.
On September 14, the Investigation Police Agency of Quang Tri Provincial Police announced that the unit had issued a Decisionprosecute the case, prosecuted Nguyen Viet Hai (born 1991, residing in Phu Vinh village, Ninh Chau commune, Quang Tri) for the crime of "Illegal trading of invoices".
According to the initial investigation results, Hai is the chief accountant of The Thinh Corporation Limited. Since 2021, the subject has accessed social media groups to buy value-added tax (VAT) invoices from a number of individuals advertising and selling them.
These invoices are provided to businesses that need to legalize inputs, in order to deduct taxes payable to the state budget.
Nguyen Viet Hai used Zalo and Facebook to contact an unknown individual (invoice seller) to buy invoices at an agreed price of 3-4% of the value of the goods listed on the invoice (excluding VAT), including gasoline, cement, iron, steel, sand, stone, etc.
Initial investigation determined that Hai had purchased a total of 29 VAT invoices from 5 "ghost" businesses with registered addresses in Ho Chi Minh City with a total value of goods (excluding VAT) of more than 22.4 billion VND.
The police are continuing to investigate and expand the case to handle related subjects according to the provisions of law.
