Under the procedural supervision of prosecutors of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the pre-trial investigation was completed and an indictment against the director of a collective enterprise was submitted to the court. He is charged with legalisation of property obtained by criminal means, forgery of official documents and misappropriation of property by abuse of office (Article 209(1), 191(5), 366(1) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The investigation established that the accused seized budget funds while performing work on priority emergency measures to prevent an emergency at the facility.
This refers to work under a contract at a waste heap of a coal company in the Sokal district.
The man, knowing about the availability of tax benefits, drew up and issued an acceptance certificate for the construction works performed, a certificate of their cost and an additional agreement to the contract with false information. In particular, he stated that the customer had 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 funds.
Subsequently, the defendant conducted financial transactions with this money and transferred it to other accounts of the company and counterparties. Later, he withdrew the money in cash through bank terminals, part of which he spent on the purchase of currency. In this way, the defendant legalised the proceeds of crime.
The pre-trial investigation was conducted by detectives of the Territorial Department of the Bureau of Economic Security in Lviv region.
Note: Pursuant to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.