The Attorney General´s Office will bring charges against 13 people who are linked to the cartel of illegal VAT refunds in Pereira (Risaralda)

The Attorney General´s Office will bring charges against 13 people, members of the same family, who are allegedly linked to the cartel of illegal VAT refunds in Pereira (Risaralda) to the value of $ 20 billion.

The Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Jorge Fernando Perdomo Torres assigned a special group in order to investigate the embezzlement caused to the National Tax and Customs Directorate (Dirección de Impuestos y Aduanas Nacionales de Colombia DIAN) by means of fraudulent VAT refunds.