The Public Prosecutor’s Office (MP) accused the accountant of crimes related to facilitating illegal immigration and falsifying documents that took place between 2019 and 2020 in the Algarve, and received financial compensation of between 100 and 1,300 euros, as announced this Monday.
According to a report published on the portal of the Faro District Prosecutor’s Office, the 66-year-old woman is accused by the Albufeira court prosecutor of 19 crimes related to facilitating illegal immigration and 56 of forgery of documents.
According to the deputy, the defendant “issued false receipts” through the Tax Administration (AT) portal in exchange for payment of amounts ranging from 100 to 1,300 euros, the note said.
The goal was to complete income declarations for immigrants who did not have sufficient income to apply for family reunification rights.
This practice was intended to give the now defunct Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF) the illusion that income was sufficient to qualify for family reunification.
The woman accessed AT’s electronic portal using data provided by immigrants, issuing receipts, “identifying the third-party trader as the buyer of the immigrant’s work and indicating the value of the work provided.”
The receipt was then given to the immigrant, who completed the administrative process with SEF, “certifying that he had sufficient income from gainful employment to support family reunification,” prosecutors concluded.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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