Crosschecks for Wealth Statements From General Secretariats

The wealth statements (pothen esches) submitted by 17 employees at the General Secretariat for Public Revenues are presently being crosschecked with bank accounts which were kept abroad, it was announced on Tuesday. According to the state news agency, the statements involve 15 tax bureau officers and two employees of public companies, whose assets are being under investigation.

Another 167 employees are being investigated for disciplinary violations, among them, 148 General Secretariat for Public Revenues employees, including 126 tax bureau officers, 19 customs officers, a chemist and 2 financial inspectors. The remaining 19 are employees of finance-ministry supervised agencies.

The evidence presented was the result of the processing of findings of crosschecks conducted by the General Secretariat for Public Revenues Internal Investigation Office.

Based on the relevant report drawn up, the scheduled investigations into delinquent behaviour for 2014 were 50 with 92 findings issued, exceeding the 84 pct target set. Eighteen of the findings were forwarded to the prosecutor's office. Another seven cases, concerning criminal law violations were also forwarded to the prosecutor's office. Also, an internal investigation was ordered into 11 cases concerning 12 employees.