Fraud warning for customers of EDP comercial
A new fraud, using the name of EDP commercial, has been detected by the power company which is now warning customers to be âon the alertâ. The fraud comes in
Suspected tax fraud: searches take place in Porto and AveiroÂ
Portugalâs Tax and Customs Authority (AT) carried out several searches in the districts of Aveiro and Porto today, as part of a tax fraud case that allegedly damaged the State
Finanças warns of new fraudulent email campaign
The AT tax authority (Finanças) warns today of a new fraudulent email campaign attempting to get taxpayers to âupdate their detailsâ for access to the Finanças site. Anyone receiving any
Church-backed institution accused of âŹ3.3 million fraud
Porto mission allegedly used names of dead, and fictitious, to inflate State funding At a moment when the Church has been assailed by bad press, there is a new blot
83-year-old media boss arrested in alleged âŹ100 million fraud
Operation âLatest Editionâ sees three others detained; total of 10 official suspects Octogenarian media boss Jacques Rodrigues has been arrested today in a PJ police operation dubbed âLatest Edition (Ăltima
Money laundering in Portugal âskyrocketsâ in 2022
DCIAP highlights âcapital of dubious originâ coming from Russia DCIAP, the department of investigation and penal action within the Public Prosecutions Office, reports that 2022 saw incidents of âmoney launderingâ
âŹ2.2 billion IVA fraud: eight suspects freed
Among them former television personality Ana LĂșcia Matos Since PJ police broke the news in Portugal of an alleged âŹ2.2 billion IVA (VAT) fraud taking in various European countries, as
PortimĂŁo travel agent arrested: dozens of clients allegedly swindledÂ
Woman suspected of issuing up to âŹ100,000 in âfalse airline ticketsâ A 30-year-old woman, working for a PortimĂŁo travel agency, is suspected of having swindled dozens of people by issuing
Portuguese described as âone of Europeâs largest crypto-scammersâ arrested in Valencia
A 45-year-old Portuguese man, described as âone of Europeâs largest cryptocurrency scammersâ, has been arrested in Spain following an investigation involving Europol and tech investigators. The man, as yet unnamed,
BPP banker leaves country just as time âruns outâ for avoiding jail
BPP banker JoĂŁo Rendeiro has left Portugal for the United Kingdom just as time runs out on all the attempts to avoid a jail sentence handed out three years ago