Overview
- Audiencia Nacional magistrate Antonio Piña proposes sending 22 defendants to trial over an alleged SKT Oil VAT fraud spanning 2016 to 2018.
- The order cites suspected crimes of tax fraud, falsification of commercial documents, money laundering, and participation in a criminal organization.
- Investigators quantify the alleged VAT shortfalls at €13.8 million in 2016, €35.2 million in 2017, and €14.6 million in 2018, with an additional €7.2 million tied to Owtra in 2018.
- The ruling describes false invoicing through inactive or nonexistent suppliers and says proceeds were laundered through property purchases in Valdemoro, Benidorm, and Madrid, including a 45‑unit building later resold.
- The judge also proposes declaring 16 companies subsidiarily liable and five individuals as profit participants, as prosecutors and accusers have 10 days to file their sentencing requests.