Former deputy head of Volyn regional state administration organises scheme with tax evaders
12 September 2024 06:39
The Security Service of Ukraine has reported the detention of the former deputy head of the Volyn regional military administration. According to the investigation, she was making money from a scheme with evaders, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
During her tenure at the Regional Military Administration, the defendant set up a mechanism for the escape of fugitives under the guise of drivers transporting humanitarian goods.
The cost of this “service” was up to USD 5 thousand per client.
To implement the “scheme”, the organiser engaged the director of a local charity foundation that employed conscripts as drivers of international flights.
In this way, the personal data of the conscripts were entered into the Shlyakh information system, which allowed them to travel abroad as “volunteers”.
The offender engaged seven other accomplices to search for potential clients and transfer money.
The SBU officers documented the criminal actions of the participants in the scheme and detained the organiser.
During the searches of the suspects’ residences, the SBU seized mobile phones and laptops with evidence of illegal activity.
The former official and her accomplices were served a notice of suspicion under the following articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine
- art. 255 (creation, management of a criminal community or criminal organisation, as well as participation in it);
- ч. 4 Art. 28, Part 1 Art. 114-1 (obstruction of the lawful activities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine committed by a group of persons by prior conspiracy);
- ч. 4, Art. 28, Part 3, Art. 332 (illegal transfer of persons across the state border of Ukraine committed by a criminal organisation).
The former official is currently in custody. The offender and her accomplices face up to 12 years in prison with confiscation of property.
