Law enforcement agencies with participation of the State Tax Service exposed a blogger from the Kyiv city for not paying taxes in the amount of more than 200 million UAH

Press service of the State Tax Service of Ukraine, published 16 August 2024 at 16:53 Chapter: News

Law enforcement agencies with participation of the State Tax Service established the fact of non-payment of taxes in the amount of more than 200 million UAH by a well-known Kyiv city blogger.

As of August 16, 2024, the latter was notified of suspicion of willful tax evasion in particularly big amounts and legalization of property obtained through crime (Part 3 Article 212, Part 1 Article 209 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).

According to the investigation, from January 2020 to August 2023, the suspect acquired unsubstantiated income – virtual assets in cryptocurrency, which, according to the official rate of the National Bank of Ukraine on the date of receiving funds, is equivalent to more than a billion UAH.

Blogger received funds from the business activities of unregistered company that provides Internet traffic arbitration services.

In order to hide amount of income actually received, the suspect transferred funds to cryptocurrency using payment systems and electronic wallets registered to him and his proxies. In the future, funds were prepared and received at currency exchange points in the territory of Kyiv and in other cities.

All acquired assets were not reflected in the property status and income declarations for years 2020-2023, taxes were not paid on them.

This may indicate that the suspect evaded paying taxes to the budget in the total amount of 213 million UAH. He legalized part of these funds – bought luxury real estate and premium class cars.

In order to hide acquired property, the blogger registered ownership rights of his close relatives and persons close to him.