Methanol worth 32 million UAH without taxes: a former company head will stand trial in Poltava

 The former director of a Poltava enterprise in the field of freight transportation will stand trial for intentional evasion of paying over 5.3 million UAH in taxes. The company sold fuel and lubricants worth tens of millions of hryvnias; however, it did not reflect these operations in tax reporting.

Detectives of the Territorial Office of the ESBU in the Poltava region established that from October 2022 to October 2023, the enterprise sold methyl alcohol (methanol) to wholesale buyers for an amount of over 32 million UAH.

Despite the actual sale of the products, the received income was intentionally not reflected in tax accounting. This allowed the enterprise to avoid paying over 5.3 million UAH in taxes.

The former director is charged with intentional tax evasion under Part 1 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The pretrial investigation has been completed. The indictment has been sent to the court.

Procedural guidance is carried out by the Poltava Regional Prosecutor's Office. Operational support is provided by the Department of Strategic Investigations in the Poltava region of the DSI of the NPU.

According to Article 62 of the Constitution of Ukraine, a person is considered innocent of committing a crime and cannot be subjected to criminal punishment until their guilt is proven in accordance with the law and established by a court verdict.