Tax specialists jointly with employees of the Security Service of Ukraine exposed businessmen on illegal deliveries of industrial production from “LNR”

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 16 February 2021 at 09:17 Chapter: News

Specialists of the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Zaporizhzhia region in close cooperation with the Security Service of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhia region exposed and blocked large-scale deliveries of products worth more than 300 million UAH from the temporarily occupied Luhansk region. Transit through territory of the Russian Federation to Ukrainian industrial enterprises was organized by a group of businessmen.

As a result of taken measures, it was established that dealers organized the supply of industrial goods from production facilities located in the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk region to metallurgical and machine-building enterprises of Ukraine during 2017 – 2020. Products were transported through uncontrolled areas of Ukrainian border with Russian Federation in the temporarily occupied territory. Customs documents were exchanged in Russia, further goods were imported to Ukraine under the guise of Russian products.

Organizers transferred proceeds in cash through a number of fictitious commercial structures. Part of proceeds was transferred to the temporarily uncontrolled territory of Ukraine and used to finance the occupation authorities of the so-called “LNR” and illegal armed groups. Security Service of Ukraine detained a truck with goods at customs, the customs clearance of which was carried out on the basis of forged documents and origin certificates.

Computer equipment, accounting and financial and economic documentation confirming illegal scheme on the supply of goods and transfer of funds were seized according to the results of simultaneous searches conducted by the law enforcement officers in Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Donetsk regions and Kyiv city at the registration addresses and actual location of enterprises that participated in illegal scheme. 2.5 million UAH in cash and the counterfeit products worth almost 10 million UAH were also seized.

Based on the specified materials, a criminal proceeding under Part 3 Article 110-2 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine “Financing of actions made for the purpose of violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or capture of the state power, change of borders of the territory or state border of Ukraine” was opened and registered.

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