Tax specialists exposed money-laundering scheme in especially large amounts

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 16 December 2020 at 13:42 Chapter: News

Tax specialists exposed money-laundering scheme in especially large amounts by officials of the enterprise operating in the market of financial services.

Processing information of the public administration body that regulates activity of the securities market and financial services, there were established conducted operations with securities aimed at tax evasion and further legalization of received funds.

Officials of the company transferred funds received from business entities of the real sector of economy as payment for securities to the bank accounts of fictitious business entities and subsequently transferred them in cash.

Such actions have features of a criminal offense with responsibility under Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Materials collected by the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Mykolaiv region were transferred to the law enforcement agencies for decision-making according to Article 214 of the CPC of Ukraine.

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