Under the procedural leadership of the prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the fact of deliberate tax evasion is being investigated, which resulted in the actual non-payment of funds to the budget in particularly large amounts (part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, the truck transported over UAH 25 million worth of goods across the state border without filing a declaration and paying customs fees. According to official documents, the latter entered the customs territory of Ukraine under the guise of being empty.
However, near the border, law enforcement officers stopped the truck for inspection. During the search of the trailer, charging stations, generators, power banks, thermal imagers, mobile phones, tablets, other household appliances and branded bags were discovered and seized. In the future, these goods were to be sold on the territory of Ukraine.
Detectives of the territorial administration of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Lviv Region conduct investigative actions.
In addition, prosecutors have initiated criminal proceedings on the fact of abuse of office by customs officials by allowing a cargo vehicle with goods under the guise of being empty into the territory of Ukraine (Part 2 of Article 364 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine). The pre-trial investigation is entrusted to the territorial office of the DBR, located in the city of Lviv.
Department of Information Policy
Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office