On suspicion of tax evasion in the millions, the Hamburg tax investigators searched 18 properties in the Hanseatic city, Berlin and Lower Saxony.
The Hamburg tax authorities announced on Thursday that arrest warrants were executed against four suspects as part of a procedure led by the Hamburg public prosecutor's office on Tuesday.
Hamburg - In addition, more than 700,000 euros, gold and silver coins worth around 30,000 euros and two luxury watches were seized.
The suspects are said to have issued bogus invoices via a construct of bogus companies in the scaffolding industry and used them for “organized sales tax evasion”.
Hamburg's Senator for Finance, Andreas Dressel (SPD), thanked the 120 officials from Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Berlin “for their successful transnational work”.
The four arrested are reportedly in custody.
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A total of 19 people were accused, 8 of whom between the ages of 30 and 52 formed the main group of perpetrators, it said.
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dpa