A 66-year-old accountant was accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office of 19 crimes of aiding illegal emigration and 56 crimes of document forgery, in Albufeira.
According to the MP, «between 2019 and 2020, with the aim of completing the income declarations received by immigrants who did not have sufficient income to request the right to family reunification, the defendant issued false invoices-receipts, in return for the payment of amounts between 100 and 1300 euros”.
Thus, to deceive the SEF that the income was sufficient for the right to family reunification to be granted, the defendant asked the immigrant to provide her with the NIF and the password to access the reserved area with the Tax Authority (AT).
Then, through the electronic portal, the defendant accessed the immigrant's personal account with Finance and proceeded to issue receipts, giving a third party trader as the purchaser of the immigrant's work and indicating a value for the work provided.
This receipt was given to the immigrant who completed his administrative process with the SEF, justifying that he had sufficient income from salaried work to support family reunification.
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