Detectives of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in the Odesa region referred to the court the materials of the criminal proceedings against the director of one of the construction companies for willful tax evasion in particularly large amounts.

The company specialized in the construction of roads and highways and was one of the main contractors of the state program "Big construction".

The investigation established that company officials entered false data into official reporting documents in the period from November to December 2020. In this way they avoided paying almost UAH 31 million in value added tax.

According to Serhiy Muntyan, the head of the Territorial Department of the ESBU in the Odesa region non-existent bitumen supply operations were reflected in the tax reporting thereby creating a tax credit and reducing tax liabilities.

Currently the director of the enterprise has been notified of the suspicion of committing a criminal offense provided for in Part 3 of Art. 212, Part 1 of Art. 366 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

"Thanks to the measures taken and the work of the detectives, the company compensated all the losses caused to the state. Almost UAH 31 million has already been transferred to the budget," Serhiy Muntyan noted.

The pre-trial investigation was carried out by detectives of TD of the ESBU in Odesa region with the participation of employees of the SSU Office in Odesa region. Procedural management - Odesa Regional Prosecutor's Office.