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 ‘on the alert’. The fraud comes in
Suspected tax fraud: searches take place in Porto and Aveiro
Portugal’s 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 ‘update their details’ for access to the Finanças site. Anyone receiving any
Church-backed institution accused of €3.3 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 €100 million fraud
Operation “Latest Edition” sees three others detained; total of 10 official suspects Octogenarian media boss Jacques Rodrigues has been arrested today in a PJ police operation dubbed “Latest Edition (Última
Money laundering in Portugal “skyrockets” in 2022
DCIAP highlights “capital of dubious origin” coming from Russia DCIAP, the department of investigation and penal action within the Public Prosecutions Office, reports that 2022 saw incidents of ‘money laundering’
€2.2 billion IVA fraud: eight suspects freed
Among them former television personality Ana Lúcia Matos Since PJ police broke the news in Portugal of an alleged €2.2 billion IVA (VAT) fraud taking in various European countries, as
Portimão travel agent arrested: dozens of clients allegedly swindled
Woman suspected of issuing up to €100,000 in ‘false airline tickets’ A 30-year-old woman, working for a Portimão travel agency, is suspected of having swindled dozens of people by issuing
Portuguese described as “one of Europe’s largest crypto-scammers” arrested in Valencia
A 45-year-old Portuguese man, described as “one of Europe’s largest cryptocurrency scammers”, 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 ‘runs out’ for avoiding jail
BPP banker João 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