Over half a billion hryvnias in unreported revenue: Plastic Surgery Medical Center suspected of tax evasion
19 May 16:17
In Zakarpattia, authorities are investigating tax evasion at one of the largest plastic surgery centers, with a turnover exceeding 500 million hryvnias: officials are suspected of organizing a tax minimization scheme.
This was reported by the Office of the Prosecutor General, according to "Komersant Ukrainian".
“Prosecutors from the Transcarpathian Regional Prosecutor’s Office, together with detectives from the Bureau of Economic Security, conducted authorized searches at the plastic surgery medical center. The investigative actions took place as part of criminal proceedings regarding possible tax evasion on an especially large scale,” the statement reads.
According to the investigation, officials at the medical facility “likely used affiliated companies and individual entrepreneurs through whom they distributed the clinic’s actual income.”
In fact, the medical center’s operations could have remained unified in terms of management, personnel, resources, and financial flows, but were formally registered under several business entities.
This allowed the full amount of the main enterprise’s revenue to be omitted from the financial statements, the prosecutor’s office reports.
“During the searches, draft accounting records, financial statements, electronic accounting documents, records of salary payments to employees ‘in envelopes,’ as well as a significant amount of cash in various currencies were discovered,” the statement reads.
According to preliminary data, the medical center’s actual revenue from January 2024 to April 2026 could have amounted to approximately 7.2 million in foreign currency and over 141 million hryvnias. Total turnover, according to preliminary estimates, exceeds 520 million hryvnias.
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The estimated amount of unpaid taxes is approximately 100 million hryvnias.
Information regarding cash transactions with clients without the use of cash registers is also being investigated. Separately, there is documented evidence of receiving payment for services in cash in foreign currency, despite the legal prohibition of such transactions in Ukraine.
During the investigation, vehicles, financial documents, rough notes, and over 18.4 million hryvnias in cash in various currencies were seized.
“The origin of these funds is being established. A separate legal assessment will be conducted regarding the presence of possible signs of money laundering involving funds obtained through criminal means,” the statement reads.
The pre-trial investigation is being conducted by the Territorial Directorate of the State Bureau of Investigations in Zakarpattia Oblast under the procedural supervision of the Zakarpattia Oblast Prosecutor’s Office.
The preliminary legal classification of the criminal proceedings is under Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine: tax evasion on an especially large scale. Investigative actions are ongoing.
Note: In accordance with Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and may not be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court conviction.
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