«The important thing was the creation of these companies for the sole purpose of defrauding the treasury.«warned the deputy legal director of the Internal Revenue Service (SII), Marcelo Freyhofferwhen addressing this Friday the mechanisms used by the 55 businessmen arrested yesterday by the Investigative Police (PDI), who are accused of causing the largest fiscal damage in the history of Chile.
According to the first investigations, This is a tax fraud that exceeds 240 billion pesos and involves more than 100 companies.which – in some cases – have been operating since 2015, broadcasting «ideologically false invoices and fictitious or adulterated exports«.
This was confirmed with the detection of nearly 100,000 false invoices by more than 3,300 taxpayers to defraud the Treasury.
Prior to the detention control hearing, Freyhoffer warned that in the companies involved «there are different areas: services, construction and one of the most important aspects also had to do with the export of cell phones that were used and were not in good condition.to subsequently obtain a refund of the export VAT».
In any case, the representative of the SII clarified that beyond the particular item, «The important thing was the creation of these companies for the sole purpose of defrauding the treasury.«.
The entity also clarified that the defendants in this case are Chilean businessmen, who until now they would not have any public connotation.
Those involved, who will face their detention control hearing this afternoon, They risk sentences of up to 15 years.