A detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine uncovered a scheme to evade payment of UAH 27 million in taxes to a company that provides mediation services for public utility bills.

The investigation established that officials of the financial company which on the basis of the NBU license, carries out the activity of accepting and transferring funds from the public for communal services, during the years 2020-2021, unjustifiably reflected software maintenance services allegedly purchased from counterparties with signs of fictitiousness in the accounting records. In fact, the company developed and maintained the software itself.

In addition, the company carried out "fictitious" financial and economic transactions with private enterprises regarding the receipt of telecommunication services without being reflected in tax and financial statements.

This led to non-payment of taxes to the state budget in the amount of over UAH 27 million. It was also established that the company transferred the received "profits" to the accounts of fictitious enterprises for the purpose of evading taxes for their subsequent transfer into cash.

According to the results of searches in the office of the financial company, the residences of the persons involved in the commission of the criminal offense, documents were seized, including those related to relations with business entities that provided information services.

The basis for entering information into the Unified Register of Pre-Trial Investigations was the analytical materials of the ESBU.

Pre-trial investigation in criminal proceedings on the grounds of criminal offenses provided for in parts 2 and 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (tax evasion) is carried out by detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine under the procedural guidance of prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's Office.

We will remind you that the ESBU recently exposed suppliers of products that did not pay taxes for almost UAH 400 million.

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