The ESBU exposed a group of officials from a Ministry of Defense supplier who evaded paying over UAH 35 million in taxes

 Detectives from the Main detective unit of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine exposed a group of officials at an enterprise—a supplier to the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine—who organized a scheme to evade payment of Value Added Tax on an especially large scale.

It was established that the officials acted in prior conspiracy and artificially created a chain of supply for goods, works, and services through a number of controlled business entities. The economic operations existed only on paper: contracts were concluded formally, but there was no actual delivery of products.

As a result of this scheme, the enterprise evaded the payment of VAT amounting to over UAH 35 million.

Six participants in the illegal activity—the co-founder, director, and accountants of the enterprise—have been served with suspicion notices under Part 3 of Article 27, and Parts 2, 3 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (intentional evasion of taxes on an especially large scale).

Procedural guidance is being carried out by the Specialized Prosecutor's Office in the sphere of defense of the office of the Prosecutor General.

Operational support is provided by the Strategic Investigations Department of the National Police of Ukraine.