Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine identified a partner company of a world-famous passenger transport platform that evaded UAH 40 million in tax.

The company was registered in Ukraine to service a representative office of a foreign company and pay drivers.

During the pre-trial investigation, detectives established that the company's director her accomplice and chief accountant organised a tax evasion scheme.

In particular the money received by the drivers from the transportation of passengers was transferred directly to the company that owned the platform and then minus the commission was credited to the accounts of the defendant's company to pay for the work of the partners' drivers and the maintenance of the representative office.

Subsequently these funds were illegally cashed out with the help of individual entrepreneurs controlled by the suspects as payment for the provision of non-existent information intermediary services.

Detectives also found that the company did not file any tax reports for 2019, 2021 and 2022. Such actions led to tax evasion of almost UAH 40 million.

Under the procedural supervision of the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine the organiser of the scheme and two accomplices were served a notice of suspicion of committing a criminal offence under Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (tax evasion, duties (mandatory payments).

Note: Pursuant to Art. 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.