Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine secured the refund of almost UAH 18 million of unpaid taxes to the state budget by one of the companies that owns one of the largest flower farms in Ukraine and one of the largest in Europe.

It was established that officials of a company that owns one of the largest flower farms in Ukraine and one of the largest in Europe using the details of transit companies, reflected in the tax reports the purchase of flower products without their actual delivery. Such actions allowed the company to increase its VAT tax credit and resulted in a particularly large shortfall in the state budget.

Based on the evidence obtained, the detectives of the ESBU served the director of the company a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offense under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (tax evasion, duties (mandatory payments) in especially large amounts).

In the course of the pre-trial investigation the company voluntarily compensated the state in full. Currently the criminal proceedings have been forwarded to the court under Part 4 Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The pre-trial investigation was conducted by detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine under the supervision of prosecutors of the Prosecutor general's office.

As a reminder, detectives of the Territorial Department ESBU in Kyiv region recently secured reimbursement of losses to the state budget in the amount of over UAH 5.4 million.