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Jump to full article: European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) (be), 2010-02-08
Intro: In the first case of its kind, a third country national has received a custodial sentence in the United States for fraud against the financial interests of the European Union and has been ordered to re-pay $1.5 million in restitution.
In the so-called "Miami" case, the Court in the Southern District of Florida has sentenced a US citizen to 2 years in jail and ordered him to re-pay a massive $1.5 million to the EU authorities for his part in smuggling millions of cigarettes onto the EU black market. Roman Vidal was handed the sentence on Friday after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to charges relating to his part in defrauding European taxpayers of several million Euros in customs duties and taxes. The defendant had conspired with individuals in the EU to smuggle cigarettes mis-described as other goods from the port of Miami into a number of EU countries including Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
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