Detectives of the Territorial Department of the Economic Security Bureau in Odesa region have sent to court an indictment against the former acting chairman of the board of a Ukrainian bank for intentional tax evasion. She is also charged with forgery of official documents.

In the course of investigative and operational actions, the employees of the Territorial Department's established that the suspect deliberately failed to reflect value added tax liabilities in her reports for two months. Such actions resulted in the actual non-receipt of more than UAH 102 million to the state budget during this period alone.

During the search of the accused's apartment, detectives found among other things, St. George's ribbons, printed propaganda materials, stickers, greeting cards with prohibited symbols of the communist totalitarian regime. All the property was seized. The woman was served a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Art. 212 and Part 1 of Art. 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by detectives of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in Odesa region operational support was provided by the Office of the ESBU in Odesa region and procedural supervision was provided by the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Note: According to Art. 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his/her guilt is proved in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict of guilty.