Illegal seizure of citizens’ housing was exposed

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 10 August 2021 at 11:43 Chapter: News

Tax specialists jointly with Main Department of the National Police of Zaporizhzhia region exposed illegal seizure of citizens’ housing under the guise of lending without registration of business activity and without obtaining a special license.

Specialists of the Anti-money laundering department of Main Directorate of the STS in Kherson region, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city identified that a group of individuals carried out illegal lending secured under the citizens’ property. 

As a result of such actions, the specified group of individuals did not declare or pay taxes totaling more than 3 million UAH. Amount of financial operations for the legalization of property is more than 4 million UAH.

Currently, these facts are being worked out by the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region within a framework of criminal proceeding filed to the Unified register of pre-trial investigations on the grounds of offense under Part 3 Article 190 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

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