On October 14, Thanh Hoa provincial police summoned 30 people in Thanh Hoa and Hanoi over an alleged tax-evasion ring that used POS machines to process about VND 15,000 billion in transactions. The suspects registered under sham household businesses, advertised cash-withdrawal and credit-card repayment services on social media, and charged 1.5% to 2% per transaction, running fake goods-payment swipes with no real sales. Police seized nearly 400 POS machines, 10,000 credit cards, 95 mobile phones and 20 computers. The suspects reportedly admitted to revenue of nearly VND 100 billion and tax evasion of tens of billions of dong.
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Original headline: Triệu tập 30 người trong đường dây trốn thuế, giao dịch khoảng 15.000 tỷ qua POS
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