Undeclared work in Rhein-Main: three building contractors arrested

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During a raid against a network of construction and bogus companies, emergency services searched houses in Hesse, Hamburg and Berlin and confiscated assets worth 30 million euros. In addition, arrest warrants were executed against three company bosses from the Groß-Gerau and Offenbach districts.

At a Raid against organized Moonlighting In the construction industry, investigators have arrested three building contractors in the Rhine-Main area. They also seized assets, including real estate and bank accounts, worth 30 million euros. To the Large-scale operation More than 600 emergency services were involved on Wednesday, announced the Frankfurt public prosecutor and the Rhine-Main I special commission of the main customs office in Giessen.

Undeclared work in construction: campaign under the code name “Kronos”

Senior Public Prosecutor Nadja Niesen told the FR that since April 2019 there has been a network of Construction and bogus companies determined. The leading investigators, who apparently have a weakness for Greek mythology, gave the large-scale operation the thought name “Kronos”- corresponding to the“ God of the harvest ”. Their earnings were actually very abundant on Wednesday because the illegal company network could be broken up.

Contractors from the Groß-Gerau district are considered the main culprits

Three main suspects aged 28, 38 and 49 years have been provisionally arrested and appropriate Arrest warrants enforced. The 49 year old managing director of one construction company in a circle Gross-Gerau is considered to be the alleged main culprit and mastermind of the criminal and apparently well-thought-out company network.

The man is said to have significantly controlled it. According to the investigators, he primarily used family members at the crucial points for the commission of his deeds. Also against the two Offenbach The managing directors of two subcontractors had arrest warrants.

Raids in Hesse, Hamburg and Berlin

During the operation, apartments, business premises and accommodation of workers in several federal states were searched. Front companies and subcontractors were affected Hessen, Hamburg and Berlin. The use of customs officers and tax investigators was directed against 48 accused.

The investigating authorities throw them Amounted to and tax evasion in addition, they are said to have withheld social security contributions. The total damage caused amounts to an estimated almost 30 million euros.

Raid also at company in the Groß-Gerau district because of illegal work in construction

The focus of the investigation was the construction company from the district Gross-Gerau. Over the years it is said to have only communicated the working hours of construction workers deployed to the responsible collection agencies in part.

In addition, performed Moonlighting the workers had been “paid cash in conspiratorial form in envelopes”. The alleged perpetrators and their helpers generated cash with bogus invoices for non-rendered services that were created by “service companies” and at the same time tried to conceal the acts.

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