Former head of Kyiv City State Administration suspected of tax evasion (video)
13 September 2024 17:04
The State Bureau of Investigation has served a notice of suspicion of tax evasion on a former MP. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the Telegram channel of the Telegram channel of the State Bureau of Investigation.
Investigators say that the MP received income abroad in 2011-2018 totalling more than UAH 387 million. The MP failed to pay personal income tax and military duty totalling UAH 71.4 million from this money.
Now he is suspected of tax evasion, which led to the actual non-receipt of funds to the budget in particularly large amounts. The article provides for up to three years in prison with confiscation of property.
The name of the MP who was notified of the suspicion was not disclosed by the SBI. It is only stated that he is a member of the I, III-VII convocations, former deputy head of the Party of Regions faction and head of the Kyiv City State Administration.
This information corresponds to with the biography of Volodymyr Makeenko’s biography. He was the head of the Kyiv City State Administration during the Revolution of Dignity (from 25 January 2014 to 7 March 2014). He was an MP of the 3rd-7th convocations from the Party of Regions and a long-time member of this party (2003-2014), and was also an MP of the 1st convocation. Since 2014, he has been a member of the political council of the Nash Krai party. Former owner of the Pryamyi TV channel (2017-2021).
It is known that Makeenko voted for the “dictatorial laws” on 16 January 2014. And on 20 February, amid Yanukovych’s escape, he left the Party of Regions.
He was appointed head of the Kyiv City State Administration by President Yanukovych on 25 January 2014 at the height of the Revolution of Dignity, replacing Oleksandr Popov. In March 2014, the acting President of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov dismissed Makeenko from the post of KCSA head by decree.
In 2019, in his absence, the State Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at Makeenko’s home on charges of tax evasion. A few years later, in 2023, security forces searched Makeenko’s home and office premises used by the politician and his associates. The SBI reported that they were investigating the former MP’s involvement in money laundering in excess of UAH 500 million and tax evasion in 2011-2014.
