Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine secured reimbursement of almost UAH 48 million in damages to the state.

The losses were caused by the deputy director of a metalworking enterprise in the period from 2021 to 2023. The official intentionally substituted the nomenclature of goods to overstate the company's tax credit. Such actions resulted in tax evasion and actual underpayment to the budget in particularly large amounts.

Detectives of the ESBU served a notice of suspicion to the official under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. The suspect pleaded guilty to the crime in full the losses caused to the state in the amount of over UAH 46 million and fines of over UAH 1 million were recovered.

The criminal proceedings were sent to the Prosecutor General's office for further referral to the court with a motion for release under Part 4 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pre-trial investigation in the criminal proceedings on the grounds of a criminal offense under Part 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (tax evasion) was conducted by detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine under the procedural supervision of prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's office.

Note: Pursuant to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine a person is presumed innocent of committing a crime and shall not be subjected to criminal punishment until his or her guilt is proved by law and established by a court verdict of guilty.

As a reminder, in 2022-2023, detectives of the ESBU have already secured over UAH 1.4 billion in reimbursement to the budget in all criminal proceedings.