Tax specialists exposed scheme of waste of state funds totaling 4.5 million UAH

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 21 September 2020 at 16:55 Chapter: News

Specialists of the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of STS in Lviv region conducted a survey of activities of one business entity that carried out financial and economic relations with the capital construction department of the city council within the processing of information on public procurement.

It was detected that in accordance with the contract for capital construction works, the specified business entity (winner of tender procurement) received “state (budget) funds” from the capital construction department of the city council totaling almost 26.6 million UAH.

Part of funds was transferred to suppliers with fictitiousness signs with subsequent exposed mismatch of purchased and sold goods (break in the supply chain), as well as used for the purchase (materials, raw materials) at inflated prices. This led to inefficient spending and waste of the state funds totaling 4.5 million UAH.

Police department of Main Directorate of the National Police in Lviv region filed a criminal case under Part 1 Article 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine according to the collected materials. Investigative actions are currently ongoing within the framework of this criminal proceeding.