Under the procedural guidance of the Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the director of the company was notified of suspicion of aiding and abetting in the deliberate evasion of paying taxes in particularly large amounts (Part 5 of Article 27, Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to the investigation, the suspect set up a tax evasion scheme for the company he headed. The latter carried out activities in the field of providing financial services.
In the period of 2021-2022, the director of the company, which was on the simplified taxation system, entered false information about the amount of income in the tax declarations. Therefore, the amount of income actually received by the company amounted to more than UAH 350 million, while only UAH 8.5 million was declared.
In this way, the suspect avoided paying taxes to the budget for a total amount of over UAH 104 million.
At the prosecutor’s request, the defendant’s property was seized.
Investigative actions are ongoing, all persons involved in the crime are being identified.
The pre-trial investigation is carried out by detectives of the Territorial Administration of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine 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.
Department of Information Policy
Lviv Regional Prosecutor’s Office