Estonia’s Baltic Tours suspected of fraud by European prosecutors

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office suspects one of the oldest travel agencies in Estonia, Baltic Tours, and its owner, Andreas Metsamaa, of major fraud in connection with the provision of nearly EUR 5 million in accommodation services to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), Estonia’s public broadcaster ERR reports citing the daily Eesti Ekspress.

Baltic Tours allegedly secretly inflated bills by 10 percent, totalling around EUR 460,000, the daily Eesti Express reported.

Metsamaa was taken into custody in early February by Harju County Court [of first instance] Judge Eha Popova to prevent him from continuing to commit crimes, i.e. submitting new false reports to Frontex.