Detectives of the Bureau of Economic Security of Ukraine exposed several enterprises in tax evasion in the amount of almost UAH 400 million. These companies engaged in state procurement during 2022 for the supply of food products for state structures.
As stated on site BEB is currently investigating the involvement in the organization and activities of the criminal scheme of members of the family of the People's Deputy of Ukraine, the head of one of the factions of the Verkhovna Rada. According to information The media, we are talking about the father-in-law of Yulia Tymoshenko's Batkivshchyna faction leader - Leonid Chechyotkin.
According to note in the Bureau of Economic Security, the investigation established that the suppliers carried out their activities in the Odesa region, buying food products for cash. "Subsequently, such transactions were reflected in accounting and tax records as purchases from other enterprises, including those with signs of fictitiousness. Such an illegal scheme made it possible for entrepreneurs to avoid paying taxes to the state budget in the total amount of almost UAH 400 million. In order to ensure compensation for the damages caused to the state, a seizure was imposed on the funds in the amount of over 800 million UAH, which are in the accounts of the supplier companies," the BEB said in a statement.
As part of the pre-trial investigation, BEB detectives conducted 20 searches, appointed 5 forensic examinations and announced more than 90 decisions of investigative judges on temporary access to documents. Criminal proceedings are conducted in accordance with Part 3 of Art. 212 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
In turn, the publication OBOZREVATEL writes that Leonid and Artur (Tymoshenko's son-in-law) Chechetkina have been engaged in supplying food to the Ministry of Defense in recent years. Also involved in the scheme with the purchase of products, may be Odessa businessman Oleg Atayants, who owns a number of enterprises engaged in the production of products.
In some companies, Atayants remains the owner, in others - he remained only in historical data - "Agroresursy", "Agrozemresurs", "Bujak-1L" and "Arogrodukt".
According to OBOZREVATEL, the Novo-Postach company is related to the tax evasion scheme, but the tenders of the Ministry of Defense are classified, so it is not possible to track the companies' participation in public procurement using open data.
