Based on ESBU materials, an Odesa wholesale enterprise repaid UAH 4.7 million in unpaid taxes to the budget

 Detectives of the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the Odesa region have completed a pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings related to tax evasion. The company, which specializes in the wholesale trade of household electrical goods, has fully reimbursed the damages caused to the state.

The investigation established that the company's director intentionally understated the amount of corporate income tax that the enterprise was required to pay to the budget. To achieve this, he artificially inflated the company's expenses in financial statements by UAH 26.1 million. As a result of these actions, the state did not receive UAH 4.7 million in income tax.

Based on the collected evidence, detectives notified the company director of suspicion under Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional tax evasion).

During the pre-trial investigation, the enterprise voluntarily reimbursed the UAH 4.7 million in unpaid taxes. The funds have already been transferred to the state budget. The criminal proceedings have been referred to the court.

Operational support was provided by detectives of the Department for Strategic Economy Protection of the Territorial Office of the ESBU in the Odesa region.

Procedural guidance is carried out by prosecutors of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.