Now Gulating Appeal sentenced Bergen man to prison for 14 months, where six of them made conditional, writes bt.no.
– Decision to be appealed, said lawyer Helge Skogseth Berg, who is defending for the coin enthusiast from Bergen.
Slo alarm
In summer 2009 received Økokrim and Nav a money laundering message from the man’s bank.
“The message from the bank walked In brief it was recorded many deposits on the defendant’s bank account from private individuals over time and totaling relatively significant amount, while defendants received payments from Nav into their accounts. It was also registered large cash withdrawals from the same account, “said the ruling.
– Coin Collector, not coin dealer
The IRS and Nav investigated the matter and reported the man to the police. They ransacked his residence in June 2011 and carried out several wheelbarrows full of coins. The seizure was valued at 200,000 dollars, and it was not found accounts. The investigation ended in a criminal trial.
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– It is a fundamentally important issue, where the main question is whether my client was regarded as coin dealer or coin collector, says Berg.
The defender believes the man is doing his hobby and is regarded as the coin collector. Thus he will not pay taxes on their hobby.
This is the court disagreed, writing that he appeared as a professional coin dealer, with extensive travel, where the purpose of the business was “running a profitable business.”
7800 transactions
According to the judgment traded husband coins 4.2 million at auction service QXL in the years 2009-2011. After expenses were deducted, he should have paid taxes of about 950,000 crowns. This did not happen, according to the judgment.
From May 2006 to December 2010, it recorded 7800 transactions on his account. Total believes the court that he has traded coins for nearly 6.5 million dollars.
From 2007 to 2010, he also paid 503,000 dollars in various social security schemes from Nav. The District Court acquitted him on Social Security fraud, but Court of Appeal has now found him guilty.
– Should have been on work experience
The Court of Appeal believes it is proven that he was on several business travels while he received rehabilitation benefit from Nav and should have been on the job training.
He reported absence from this because he stated that he “was not able to attend due to illness, and was unable to stand up out of bed,” said the judgment.
He has now been found guilty of serious social security fraud, tax evasion and breach of accounting law. In addition to imprisonment, he must repay 503,000 crowns which he received from Nav.
It has not succeeded BT to get comment from the prosecutor, but the sentence is thus appealed.
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