The Economic and Financial Police Division (DPEF) of the National Police of Burkina Faso pinpointed three companies and a tax consulting firm. In addition, 14 managers of companies and businesses involved were questioned.

The National Coordination for the Fight against Fraud (CNLF) stepped up to the plate on Tuesday, December 28, 2021 to report the information that “three companies and a tax consulting firm were pinned down in the falsification of invoices and/or the establishment of false invoices that allowed several companies and businesses to consume tax evasion estimated at around two billion four hundred million CFA francs (2,400,000,000 FCFA)”. According to the national coordinator of the fight against fraud, the investigation revealed that the heads of companies and tax consultancies make their clients believe that they have the means to avoid paying VAT, the BIC and IS and other taxes.