Poltavaoblenergo executives to be tried for fraud with transformers worth UAH 49 million
10 September 2025 04:19
The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Bureau of Economic Security have completed a pre-trial investigation into three officials of Poltavaoblenergo JSC. According to the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the offenders are suspected of intentional tax evasion on a particularly large scale, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
The investigation found that in December 2022, during Russia’s massive attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, the suspects, under the guise of creating an emergency stock of transformers, organized schemes with a company that had signs of fictitiousness.
According to the investigation, the company’s officials, in order to reduce tax liabilities, used a fictitious business entity to conduct a non-commodity transaction for the purchase of transformers worth UAH 274.9 million.
According to the defendants’ plan, the goods were allegedly imported from Turkey. The funds were transferred for the fictitious supply of equipment, which increased the company’s expenses. After the transaction, the fictitious company was closed.
As a result of these actions, the company failed to pay UAH 49.5 million in taxes to the budget.
The prosecutor’s office clarified that the investigation is complete, and the indictment will be sent to court in the near future.
