Over UAH 5.5 million in taxes recovered: ESBU in Volyn completes pre-trial investigation

 Detectives of the Territorial Office of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine in the Volyn region have completed a pre-trial investigation into a company director who organized a tax evasion scheme. Over UAH 5.5 million has been recovered for the state budget.

The investigation established that the director concluded fictitious agreements for the purchase of agricultural machinery that was never actually delivered. Despite this, she groundlessly included these amounts in the VAT tax credit, allowing the enterprise to reduce its tax liability.

According to the findings of the Territorial Office's analysts, these actions resulted in a loss of over UAH 5.5 million to the state budget.

During the pre-trial investigation, the individual admitted her guilt and fully compensated for the damages caused to the state.

She has been served a notice of suspicion under Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional tax evasion on a significant scale).

The criminal proceedings have been referred to the court with a motion to discharge the individual from criminal liability based on Part 4 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, due to the full reimbursement of the damages.

Procedural guidance is being provided by prosecutors of the Volyn Regional Prosecutor's Office.