ESBU exposed a company director who directed 14 million UAH to «non-priority» expenses

 Detectives of the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the Odesa region have exposed an official of a scientific institute who intentionally evaded the payment of nearly 1.7 million UAH in the unified contribution to the compulsory state social insurance.

The investigation was initiated based on analysis from the ESBU's Regional Office, which revealed that a grape-growing enterprise, despite having stable income, failed to pay approximately 1.7 million UAH in social contributions. Instead, the director prioritized other expenses over the required payments, resulting in a debt of 1.7 million UAH, as noted in source documents regarding this case.

The suspect has been notified of suspicion of committing a crime provided for in Part 1 of Art. 212-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on the fact of intentional evasion of payment of the unified contribution to the compulsory state social insurance. The indictment has been sent to court.

During the pre-trial investigation, the enterprise partially reimbursed the damages caused to the state in the amount of 880 thousand UAH.

Operational support was carried out by detectives of the Department for Strategic Economic Protection of the ESBU Territorial Office in the Odesa region. Procedural guidance was provided by prosecutors of the Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.

Note: According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in a lawful manner and established by a court's guilty verdict.