Raid! Financial police reveal social fraud in meal deliverers!

Raid! Financial police reveal social fraud in meal deliverers!

On July 10, 2025, the financial police carried out comprehensive controls throughout Austria. The aim was to combat social fraud in delivery services, especially for food suppliers. This campaign was carried out in close cooperation with the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK) and covered 69 locations where a total of 224 financial police officers were deployed. According to 5min.at lies in a worrying increase in cases in which real employment relationships in free Employment relationships were converted.

A concrete example is the provider of delivery sando, which affects hundreds of jobs. Previous results of the investigation show that many freelance employees work illegally without having a trade certificate or official registration with the tax office. This has far -reaching consequences for the social security reports and contributions that are not provided.

results of the nationwide controls

The balance sheet of the controls is alarming. A total of 67 companies and 75 deliverers were checked. In 50 cases there is suspicion of incorrectly reported employee status. The case is particularly serious in which three meal deliverers were not registered with social security and have received unemployment benefit. In addition, seven deliverers were identified without a license law permit and handed over to the foreign police. Another meal deliverer was arrested due to a lack of residence permit.

Finance Minister Markus Marterbauer and Minister of Social Affairs Korinna Schumann emphasized the importance of these controls. Marterbauer described the fight against social fraud as a question of justice that also protects the rights of employees. Schumann pointed out that the systematic bypass of labor law regulations not only harms the individual employees, but also endangered their social security.

background of social fraud in Austria

The problem of social fraud is not new. According to the ÖGB try to avoid legal provisions in order to reduce costs. Indiets such as temporary work, construction, cleaning and transport are particularly affected. According to thousands of consultations from the Chamber of Labor and Unions, wage dumping, false registrations in social security and complex corporate structures that make it easier to endanger employees.

In order to counteract these practices, the Chamber of Labor has set up a fraud against fraud at the end of 2023. This position pursues suspicions and reimburses ads according to the wage and social dumping law. The ÖGB also calls for more controls and personnel increases to the responsible authorities in order to counter the situation more effectively.