Romanian Government to Receive $1.2 Million In Tax Fraud Case

More than $1.2 million will be returned to the Romanian government as a result of an international tax fraud and money laundering case, the Department of Justice announced.

Washington property owned by Radu and Diana Nemes, a Romanian couple who were extradited back to the country at the request of the Romanian government, was sold for $1,225,465 as part of the forfeiture process, the department said Friday.

The Nemeses were charged with executing a plan to avoid Romanian taxes on imported diesel fuel by claiming the fuel was a lower grade of industrial and maritime fuel. The untaxed income from ...