Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine exposed one of the deputies of the Odesa city council in conducting business in the temporarily occupied Crimea under the legislation of the aggressor country of the russian federation.

The specified person actually owns a company engaged in the construction of luxury real estate. This company evaded payment of value added tax and income tax for a total amount of over UAH 7.5 million.

According to the results of searches in non-residential and office premises, detectives of the ESBU discovered and seized 125 seals of controlled companies, including 15 seals of non-resident enterprises (2 of which are subjects of the republic of belarus). Primary financial and business documents of the organization and other controlled enterprises were also seized.

In the course of this search, documents were found that confirm that the deputy's company carried out economic activities in the temporarily occupied Crimea under the legislation of the russian federation.

Pretrial investigation in criminal proceedings based on Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (deliberate evasion of the payment of value-added tax, customs duties, which led to the actual non-payment of funds to the state budget) is carried out by detectives of the Territorial Department of the Security Intelligence Service in the Odesa region under the procedural guidance of the prosecutors of the Odesa regional prosecutor's office.

It will be recalled that recently detectives of the ESBU handed over UAH 1.8 billion worth of iron ore belonging to a russian oligarch to the state administration.

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