Schemes in the tax service: conversion center worth UAH 15 billion discovered
24 October 13:11
The Security Service of Ukraine and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau have exposed a conversion center with a turnover of UAH 15 billion, involving former leadership of the State Tax Service.
This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the NABU.
“The NABU and the SAPO, together with the SBU, exposed the former head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine and the deputy head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Poltava region for abuse of office in the interests of a criminal organization,” the report says.
According to the investigation, the participants set up a conversion center and engaged more than 200 controlled companies to implement a scheme to minimize tax payments.
The mechanism of the crime included
– preparation of false tax invoices by controlled companies regarding economic relations with real enterprises;
– registration of tax invoices in the Unified Register of Tax Invoices;
– use of tax invoices by real companies to reduce their tax liabilities.
During 2020-2023, the conversion center issued tax invoices with false data on the supply of goods and services totaling UAH 15 billion, and the “scheme” value added tax amounted to more than UAH 2.3 billion.
The investigation established that the then acting head of the State Tax Service of Ukraine facilitated the unimpeded operation of the conversion center, and the deputy head of the Main Department of the State Tax Service in Poltava region, who headed the commission on suspension of tax invoices, ensured that decisions were made in favor of the conversion center companies.
As a result of the fraud, the real companies unjustifiably failed to pay UAH 147 million to the state budget.
As of now, 11 people have been served suspicion notices.
As a reminder, the State Bureau of Investigation conducted investigative actions against Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, former CEO of NPC Ukrenergo. According to preliminary information, the investigation was conducted on the fact of abuse of office and misappropriation of funds of the state-owned company.
