"According to the source familiar with the matter, one of the proposed arrangements allowed companies to remove part of their turnover from their balance sheets, by means of false invoices made by the companies created by France Offshore. These funds, which escaped French tax, were transferred to Rietumu in accounts opened in the name of offshore companies. French SMEs were recovering a Rietumu credit card. "
https://www.latribune.fr/actualites...e-enquete-sur-une-evasion-fiscale-en-kit.html
So basically got caught doing fraud for his clients.
"The 40-year-old golden boy who promised his clients a "tax haven for all" had bet on advertising and television to make himself known. This excessive media coverage will no doubt have precipitated its downfall. Because the one who appeared in 2011 in a TV report as the champion of “fiscal freedom” with his company France Offshore has become the symbol of tax fraud now hunted down by the justice system as by whistleblowers and the media. "
https://www.vanityfair.fr/pouvoir/b...san-le-roi-des-paradis-fiscaux-a-lombre/10905
He seems like an idiot, being so blatant in getting others to get away with paying taxes in such a strong nation who is taxed obsessed could only lead to trouble. Even if he is innocent, he almost left the authorities no choice but to prosecute him on bogus charges because of how he advertised.
"And some bank loans granted at usurious rates of more than 10%. Except that this bank is not one. It is a payment institution, which no longer appears in New Zealand bank registers. As for the cards issued, they are simple prepaid cards. "
LOOL, look at the bias of the article, 10% is usurious rates, but they'd never say that about the banks and credit card firms who charge you 2-3 times that.
"Suspected of being the mastermind of this second system of large-scale tax fraud and breach of trust - many clients have lost track of their assets deposited with Breder Sussao - the flamboyant forty-something denies any involvement. "
Yeah, screwing your clients is a good way to catch a charge because they are rich and powerful and connected so can rat you out to prosecutors. The guy seems stupid. Any scheme that involves repeatedly helping people evade taxes with producing fake information will fail eventually and get you caught.
