Under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the director of the collective enterprise was informed of the suspicion. He is accused of appropriating someone else’s property by abusing his official position, official forgery of official documents and legalization of property obtained by crime (Part 1 of Article 366, Part 5 of Article 191, Part 1 of Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, the suspect took possession of budget funds during the performance of work on first priority emergency measures to prevent the emergence of an emergency situation at the facility.
We are talking about works, according to the subcontract, at the waste dump of one of the coal companies in the territory of the Sokal district.
The man, knowing about the availability of tax benefits, drew up and issued a certificate of acceptance of the completed construction works, a certificate of their value and an additional agreement to the contract with false information. In particular, he noted the need for the customer to pay more than UAH 6 million, including value-added tax in the amount of more than UAH 1 million. However, the business entity was exempted from paying the latter.
Thus, the contractor illegally took possession of the above-mentioned funds.
Subsequently, the person involved conducted financial transactions with this money and transferred it to other accounts of the enterprise and counterparties. And later he withdrew cash through bank terminals, which legalized it.
The pre-trial investigation is carried out by detectives of the Territorial Administration of the Bureau of Economic Security in the Lviv region.
Note: in accordance with Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until his guilt is proven in a legal manner and established by a court verdict.
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