Tax evasion scheme was exposed during transportation of goods to the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 15 December 2020 at 12:46 Chapter: News

Tax specialists jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine exposed scheme of financing the terrorist organization of the so-called DNR, official forgery, intentional tax evasion and money laundering.

It was detected that a group of Ukrainian and Russian citizens organized illegal transportation of inventory to the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region totaling more than 67 million UAH.

At the same time, the trucks did not arrive at destination and the cargo unloaded in one region of the Russian Federation was delivered to the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region.

During the implementation of these operations, reporting was not submitted to the tax authorities, taxes due for payment to the State Budget of Ukraine were not declared and were not paid.

Such actions have characteristics of crimes with responsibility prescribed in Article 212, 366, 258-5, 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Materials collected by the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Ternopil region were handed over to the Security Service of Ukraine for a decision according to Article 214 of the CPC of Ukraine.

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